Kneeland New Testament

The Kneeland New Testament is a distinct early American translation of the New Testament, associated with the radical religious currents of its time and reflecting the period in which Bible translation in the United States began to move beyond the reprinting of English editions. Its scope is limited to the New Testament, and it draws on both Greek and English source material: the Greek New Testament together with earlier English versions, with the King James Version and critical predecessors serving as its predecessor or base translation. The work is best categorized as a fresh translation or revision, and its guiding philosophy is described as critical and doctrinal. Among its distinctive features, some readings are said to reflect the translator's own theological commitments, a trait that situates it within the wider tradition of denominationally shaped versions produced outside the established ecclesiastical translation projects.