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Originally Posted by Difflugia
The Message Catholic/Ecumenical Edition is on sale for $3.99 at Christianbook. This edition of Eugene Peterson's popular Bible translation/paraphrase includes the Catholic Apocrypha.
It's $4.99 at B&N, eBooks.com and Kobo. It's $9.99 at Amazon.
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Interesting. I wasn't aware of the existence of this book.
One of the most valuable uses that I can see for this book is to get part of the whole Apocrypha in (what I assume to be) the easy-to-read style of Eugene Peterson's _The Message_. As almost anyone who has tried to read any of the Apocrypha can tell you, the books of the Apocrypha often can be difficult reading. I'm sure that Peterson has simplified the reading as much as he feels that he can do, and still feel that he is conveying the meaning of the text more-or-less accurately.
Frankly, I don't know, off of the top of my head, what books of the Apocrypha that Catholics consider canonical and what books Protestants consider part of the Apocrypha. It would be great to have those books of the Apocrypha that are recognized by Protestants, but not by Catholics, available in an easy-to-read style, like Peterson's, if a work like that doesn't already exist.
Thanks for _another_ great find and post!