Reddit reviews The Street Bible

I believe the resistance was against a dilution or misinterpretation of the meaning once you diverge from latin. You end up with some nonsense like this: http://www.amazon.com/Street-Bible-Rob-Lacey/dp/0007107900

There are and I've read them! Its definitely not so explicitly written but it gets the point across in a similar way and its a pretty entertaining read in itself. You know, for MTV kids like me.

i'm down, only if its the "Street Bible"

Jesus is my nigga

Not with the cursing, but Robert Lacey wrote a couple books that might be similar to what you're looking for. I'll update with links in a minute.

Edit:
The Street Bible

The Word On The Street

There is a version. It's called the Street Bible.

> First off, nothing. No light, no time, no substance, no matter.\
Second off, God starts it all off and WHAP! Stuff everywhere!\
Genesis 1:1

EDIT: Lolcat Bible. Kind of relevant.

> but I don't see anything wrong with thinking there's some creator who commands "you should try and empathize with your fellow men for fuck's sake".

darn. Is there is a 'street' version of the bible? Because you just made it sound awesome if there is.

 

Edit: Yes there is

Passage:

First off, nothing. No light, no time, no substance, no matter.

Second off, God starts it all up and WHAP! Stuff everywhere! The cosmos in chaos: no shape, no form, no function—just darkness ... total. And floating above it all, God’s Holy Spirit, ready to play.

Day one: Then God’s voice booms out, ‘Lights!’ and, from nowhere, light floods the skies and ‘night’ is swept off the scene.

>Do you guys have a favorite "dynamic equivalence" translation?

Well my favorite bible of all time is The Word on the Street. Doesn't get more dynamic than that. It's the best bible I've ever read. You will die laughing.

But seriously, as a somewhat philological scholar, I'm a bigger fan of the formal because I am concerned with the original and I don't like it when things to get too dynamic as it's no longer the biblical text that I work with, just some guys interpretation of what the text is supposed to mean.

I remember getting this when I was younger. So. Bad.

I mean, there is this.