My 22 year old daughter has expressed interest in reading The Bible. I was raised Catholic (school and all) I absolutely believe God Wins but I haven't practiced Catholicism in a long time, with the exeption of a daily phrase on The Bible app first thing every morning. My question is, is there a recommendation on what Bible she should read that she won't just get overwhelmed and not finish it. My first one was The Children's Bible as a kid. I'm not sure one of my traditional Bibles would keep her interested.
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The problem with things like this are that Jesus taught in parable. When the words are re-written to be more modern and pragmatic it takes away from the original intent.
The user TaQo mentioned William Donahue. I think he made a good point with the modern phrase "shoot the bull" If the Bible were to be written today and it said Jesus and Peter went to the alley to shoot the bull about the day's events the New Translated version would say that Jesus and Peter went into an alley and fired a gun at a male cow. The meaning would be completely lost.