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The Holman Christian Standard Bible, produced by the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, is the latest Bible translation.
Is this Bible necessary?
That is the question, as the Holman Christian Standard Bible, or HCSB, enters the cluttered and competitive market for English translations.
The HCSB is a $10 million US project of the Southern Baptist Convention's publishing arm. The New Testament portion appeared in 2000.
Holman says things change so quickly that new Bibles are continually needed, calling this "the first major English-language translation in more than 30 years." That's a surprising fib. Among the versions appearing within the past 30 years, the HCBS's main competitors may be these two, similarly pitched to the huge evangelical Protestant audience:
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