Berean Literal Bible

The Berean Literal Bible is the literal companion within the wider Berean translation project, a modern effort to provide English readers with a family of related versions rendered at differing levels of formality. Covering the complete Bible, it is translated from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek and is based on modern critical texts, reflecting the editions of the original languages assembled by textual scholarship since the nineteenth century. Its philosophy is literal, and it is categorised as a fresh translation rather than a revision of an earlier English version. Its distinctive features are that it is designed to remain close to the form of the source languages and to serve study use, allowing readers without training in Hebrew or Greek to observe something of the wording and structure behind more idiomatic English renderings. Like other recent versions, it has circulated chiefly through online and digital distribution.