Open Icelandic Living New Testament and Psalms (ISLBIB)

Overview

The Open Icelandic Living New Testament and Psalms (Opna Lifandi Ord Nyja testamentid og Salmarnir) is an Icelandic-language paraphrase of the New Testament and the Book of Psalms, published by Biblica, Inc. The original edition dates to 1979, with a revised edition in 1995. ^[1] This work belongs to the Living Bible family of translations, which originated with Kenneth Taylor’s English-language paraphrase published in 1971. The Living Bible approach renders Scripture in a free, thought-for-thought paraphrase style intended to make the text accessible to a broad readership. ^[2] Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society) sponsored Living Bible editions in numerous languages worldwide. This Icelandic edition contains 28 books: the 27 books of the New Testament plus Psalms.

Language and People

Icelandic (ISO 639-3: isl) is spoken by approximately 328,080 people. [Glottolog: icel1247]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Icelandic BS, Reykjavik.

References

• [1] Open Icelandic Living New Testament and Psalms - find.bible. Catalog listing for the Icelandic Living NT and Psalms.
• [2] The Living Bible - Wikipedia. Background on Kenneth Taylor’s Living Bible paraphrase and its international editions.
• Rosetta Project: Icelandic Genesis - Internet Archive / Rosetta Project. Genesis in Icelandic.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.