Beck's American Translation is an abbreviated version of ''"The Holy Bible: An American Translation"'' by
William F. Beck
William Frederick Beck (August 28, 1904 – October 24, 1966) was an American Lutheran Minister (Christianity), minister best known for his Bible translations, biblical translation, Beck's American Translation, ''The Holy Bible, An American Tr ...
(abbreviated BECK, but also AAT; not to be confused with Smith/Goodspeed's earlier "
An American Translation
''The Bible: An American Translation'' (AAT) is an English version of the Bible consisting of the Old Testament translated by a group of scholars under the editorship of John Merlin Powis Smith, the Apocrypha translated by Edgar J. Goodspeed, ...
" , which is abbreviated AAT or SGAT). The
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...
's
Concordia Publishing House
Concordia Publishing House (CPH), founded in 1869, is the official publishing arm of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). Headquartered in St Louis, Missouri, at 3558 S. Jefferson Avenue, CPH publishes the synod's official monthly magaz ...
published his ''"An American Translation--The New Testament In The Language Of Today"'' in 1963.
The preface to the 1976 Bicentennial edition, written by Herman Otten, states:
Beck wanted his translation to become the official translation of the
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...
, but the synod has no official English translation.
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List of English Bible translations
The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew. The Latin Vulgate translation was dominant in Western Christianity through the Middle Ages. Since then, the Bible has been translated in ...
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Beck's American Translations
Beck's American Translation
Beck's American Translation is an abbreviated version of ''"The Holy Bible: An American Translation"'' by William F. Beck (abbreviated BECK, but also AAT; not to be confused with Smith/Goodspeed's earlier "An American Translation" , which is abbr ...
1976 in Christianity
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
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