New English Bible
The New English Bible New Testament was published in 1961 and the entire Bible in 1970 to great fanfare. Biblical scholar F.F. Bruce said enthusiastically, "To the sponsors and translators of the New English Bible the English-speaking world owes an immense debt. They have given us a version which is contemporary in idiom, up-to-date in scholarship, attractive, and at times exciting in content..." But the reception was not universally positive. In 1989, a revision was published called the Revised English Bible. Neither one has met with widespread acceptance in either Britain or America.
The only place I can find the New English Bible online is at a website created by an individual. Click on "THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE - full CanonicaI text (OT/NT)." I have not found the Revised English Bible online. |