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Complete Bible - 1969
Title: The Modern Language Bible The New Berkeley Version A Completely New Translation From the Original Languages With Informative Notes to Aid the Understanding of the Reader Gerritt Verkuyl, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief
Date: 1969
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, Michigan
References: Chamberlin 44-1, Taliaferro CN00039, Taliaferro-EELBV 7975.140.
Images: Jacket, Title page
Comments: This is an extensive revision of the Berkeley Version in Modern English originally prepared by Dr. Gerrit Verkuyl in 1945.
New Testament - 1970
Title: The Modern Language New Testament The New Berkeley Version
Date: 1970
Contents: New Testament
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, Michigan
References: Chamberlin 580-1, Taliaferro-EELBV 7975.140.
Images: Cover, Title page
Comments: This is the second printing of August 1970.
Gideons International editions
Complete Bible - 1984
Title: The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments The Revised Berkeley Version A Completely New Translation From the Original Languages The Gideons International 1984 Edition
Date: 1984
Publisher: National Bible Press
Contents: Complete Bible
References: Bradford Taliaferro's The Bible Hunter blog, November 25, 2013.
Images: Cover, Title page
Location: Personal library, Havelock, North Carolina, USA
Comments: Fundamentalist author David Cloud writes in his 2002 article The Gideons and Modern Bible Versions that the Gideons used this version from 1974 to 1983. However this edition was printed in 1984.
New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs - 1974
Title: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ with Psalms and Proverbs The Revised Berkeley Version Translated afresh From the Original Languages and diligently compared with previous translations The Gideons International 1974 Edition
Date: 1974
Publisher: National Bible Press
References: Bradford Taliaferro's The Bible Hunter blog, November 25, 2013.
Contents: New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs
Images: Cover, Title page
Comments: Fundamentalist author David Cloud writes in his 2002 article The Gideons and Modern Bible Versions that the Gideons used this version from 1974 to 1983.
