15 MAY 1947, Page 5

New translations of the Bible are always of interest, though

none since the Revised Version was published in 188r and 1885 has obtained any hold on the public, not even Dr. Moffatt's. It is not very clear whether the proposal which the Bishop of Durham is to bring forward in the Convocation of York next week, for a new translation to be undertaken by an inter-denominational committee, bears any relation to the work already going forward on precisely the same lines under the chairmanship of the Bishop of Truro. It would seem not ; but if there is room for one new translation, there is certainly not room for two.

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