Open English Bible
The Open English Bible (OEB) is a freely redistributable modern translation based on the Twentieth Century New Testament translation. A work in progress, with its first publication in August 2010, the OEB is edited and distributed by Russell Allen. It is licensed with a Creative Commons zero license, which allows free use of the content and allows forking of the content and a new translation to be made based on it. Its name and the distribution of all text and related software through GitHub reinforce the open source approach.
| Open English Bible | |
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| Full name | Open English Bible |
| Abbreviation | OEB |
| OT published | WIP |
| NT published | August 2010 |
| Derived from | NT: Twentieth Century New Testament OT: Charles Foster Kent, John Edgar McFadyen, and the JPS 1917 |
| Textual basis | NT: Wescott-Hort OT: Leningrad Codex |
| Translation type | "scholarly defensible mainstream translation" |
| Reading level | High School |
| Version revision | June 2016 |
| Publisher | Russell Allen |
| Copyright | Public domain (CC0) |
| Website | openenglishbible |
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. | |
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