Ancient jerusalem interactive study of jerusalem with map. Cjb complete jewish bible cpg cotton patch gospel csb christian standard bible drdra douayrheims bible. Picture study bible studybible with pictures and maps. Last weeks top questions how would the son be like the snake in the wilderness. The fuller was usually the dyer, since, before the woven cloth could be properly dyed, it must be freed from the oily and gummy substances naturally found on the raw fiber. For more bible version abbreviations, see modern english bible translations wikipedia. In other cases, the prohibitions may have been designed to keep the israelites from imitating the superstitious or religious practices of the pagan nations surrounding them. Home biblical archaeology significant discoveries from ancient empires. This greatest story ever retold is based on the book the cotton patch version of matthew and john by clarence jordan in which the gospel is presented in a setting of rural georgia with country music songs, the final and perhaps best work of.
Simple english the simple english bible, new testament. As a new testament professor, i have often made use of jordans cotton patch translations, not least his hilarious version of the angels speech to joseph and mary. Founder of koinonia farms and inspiration of millard fuller, jordan also wrote a paraphrase of the new testament set in the american south. Many different substances were in ancient times used for cleansing. The cotton patch gospel recasts the stories of jesus and the apostolic letters into the language and culture of the mid20th century south.
Common resource abbreviations logos bible software. Piscataway, nj, association pressnew century publishers, 1970. Inspired by clarence jordans cotton patch version of lukeacts, jesus doings and happenings, perhaps the parable of the good samaritan would go something like this continue reading posted in sermons tagged cotten patch bible lukeacts jesus doings and happenings, east hartford samaritan, good samaritan, luke 10. In the cotton patch versions of the new testament, jesus was wrapped in a blanket and placed in an apple crate at his birth, lynched in leesburg, georgia and greets his disciples with a howdy when he emerges from his tomb on easter. What is unique about the cotton patch gospel is that it brings the language, setting, time and place into the midst of the racial tension developing in the south in the 1950s and 1960s. The bible, chapter and every other verse the new york times. Cotton patch version of pauls epistles english and. Many attempts have been made to translate the bible into late modern c.
The cotton patch gospel, by koinonia farm founder clarence jordan, recasts the stories of jesus and the letters of the new testament into the language and. To help us hear again the ancient story of jesus, we will explore the sunday gospel through the lens of clarence jordons cotton patch bible click here to buy on amazon. Both a biblical scholar and a prophetic man of action, clarence jordan lived out the new testament in the soil of rural georgia. The cpv was a unique paraphrase as well as transculturation of the new testament. Cotten patch bible lukeacts jesus doings and happenings. One peculiarity of this translation is the use of yahweh for the divine name in the old testament rather than one of the workaround titles that have.
He cited the cotton patch version of the new testament, created about 50 years ago by clarence jordan, a georgia evangelist who recast much of the life of jesus from the land of david to the. Cotton patch gospel is a colloquial translation of most of the new testament by southern baptist minister clarence jordan. I just found a website where the cotton patch version cpv of the new testament is available for free download. Hearing parables in the cotton patch baylor university. Ot was translated in stages, with editions progressively replacing books in the challoner revision of the douayrheims. Born out of the civil rights struggle, these now classic translations of much of the new testament bring the faraway places of scipture closer to home. The cotton patch version of the new testament softwarecases. The cotton patch gospel by koinonia farm founder clarence jordan, recasts the stories of jesus and the letters of paul and peter into the language and culture of the mid20th century south. Born out of the civil rights struggle, these now classic paraphrases of much of the new testament bring the faraway places of scripture closer to home.
Among them were white clay, putrid urine, and the ashes of certain. The cotton patch version of luke and acts it then became much clearer to me that this authortranslator was trying to transplant the scenes of the events. Smith an american translation, the old testament j. It ran offbroadway at the lambs theatre for 193 performances beginning in october 21, 1981. The cotton patch gospel recasts the stories of jesus and the letters of paul and peter into the language of the mid20th century south. Have there ever been translations of the bible, old or new. Born out of the civil rights struggle, these now classic translations of much of the new testament bring the faraway places of scripture closer to home. The cotton patch version of luke and acts by clarence jordan. Cotton patch gospel is a musical by tom key and russell treyz with music and lyrics written by harry chapin and produced by philip m. The parable of the good samaritan, cotton patch version.
Todays new international version an inclusive revision of the niv. Not only his academic study, but also his smalltown background and experiences in establishing the interracial koinonia farm in the 1940s shaped his ability to hear the parables in the cotton patch. It would therefore mean to them about the same as bible for presentday christians. There is the cotton patch bible by clarence jordan that sets the new testament in rural georgia. He was also instrumental in the founding of habitat for humanity. A visionary during the struggle for the civil rights of all gods children, he founded an interracial community called koinonia. Based on the book the cotton patch version of matthew and john by clarence jordan, the story retells.
The cotton patch version cpv is a modern version of the holy bible developed by clarence jordan, and published between 1968 and 1973. Hearing parables in the cotton patch clarence jordan 19121969 was an unusually able interpreter of jesus parables. The parable of the good samaritan, cotton patch version luke 10. Cotton patch would be fun for a church or youth group to see as part of a lenten or summer series of films on the life of christ. Bibles cotton patch version bblx posted in new esword downloads. In the old testament, the prohibitions may have been to maintain distance between the people and the high priest and therefore god, whom the high priest represented. Thus, romans became the letter to christians in washington and philippians was the letter to the alabas ter african church. As for ebonics, there was a translation of the gospels and parts of the old testament called the black bible chronicles.
From the introduction of the cotton patch version of pauls epistles, clarence explains his motivation. Jordan also founded the christian community koinonia farm, in sumter county, near americus. Illustrated bible history illustrations, photos, and images of the ancient world of the bible. No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Gainesville, selma, birmingham, atlanta, and washington, d. New testament modern english 1941 revision of the challoner revision of the rheims new testament. Gainesville, selma, birmingham, atlanta, washington, d. Spinning smith the notices of spinning in the bible are confined to exodus 35. It takes place in the united states in the south, and new objects and place names are all substituted in place of the biblical ones. Including the gospel of matthew except for the begat verses and the first eight chapters of the gospel of john by clarence jordan. New testament, paraphrase this is clarence jordans interesting paraphrase of most of the books of the nt. The cotton patch gospel recasts the stories of jesus and the letters of paul and peter into the language and culture of the mid20th century south.
First century israel map large map of israel in the first century click around on the cities. Spinning in the bible encyclopedia isbe bible history. Clarence jordan july 29, 1912 october 29, 1969, a farmer and new testament greek scholar, was the founder of koinonia farm, a small but influential religious community in southwest georgia and the author of the cotton patch paraphrase of the new testament. Cotton patch version of the new testament text no longer online only available digitally as ebook the new testament in modern english by jb phillips. The cotton patch approach to the new testament is to allow the same sense of participation in them which the early christians must have had. The distaff however, appears to have been dispensed with, and. More than a decade later, these writings provided the inspiration for the cotton patch gospel. The new jerusalem bible is translated by a committee of catholic scholars, and uses modern texts throughout, taking into account the dead sea scrolls and other versions in the old testament. Writing the cotton patch bible influenced jordan himself, downing suggests. Is a paraphrase by one person not a translation, so is completely unreliable.
Clarence jordans radical experiment in following jesus. Born out of the civil rights struggle, these now classic translations of much of. In the 1960s, jordan also turned his attention toward writing the cotton patch gospels, a series of colloquial translations and retellings of much of the new testament story in modern, relatable terms. Interested in making the bible more meaningful to people in the racially divided southern us, jordan changed the jewgentile rift to a blackwhite rift. In his popular cotton patch translations of new testament books, jordan relocated the story of jesus and the early church to the contemporary rural south. The cotton patch gospel recasts the stories of jesus and the letters of paul and peter into the language and culture of the mid20th century united states south. Get moving, and take your wife and baby and highball it to mexico matthew 2. If he does, the patch pulls away from it the new from the old and a worse tear is made. Bear in mind that this resource is not a biblical translation, but a creative paraphrase. What is the cotton patch version of the bible by clarence. These six study guides integrate bible study, prayer, worship, and. The cotton patch gospel recasts the gospel of matthew into the language and. The cotton patch version of the new testament rockhay.
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