I scored them on a five point scale (1-Very Bad 2-Bad 3-Okay 4-Good 5-Very Good) and then calculated their averages. Interactiveness: Does the CB involve the reader in dialogue? Does it include questions, summaries, and other interactive features that facilitate understanding and encourage personal response? Illustration: Are the accompanying illustrations in the CB colorful, beautiful, imaginative, intelligible, and faithful to the cultural context and the original text of Scripture? Storytelling: Is the narrative flow of the CB fluent, clear, engaging, and inspiring? Theology: Does the CB feature orthodox and appropriate theological interpretation that highlight the main idea and purpose of the text? Does it look ahead to Jesus Christ who fulfills the whole Scripture (Matthew 5:17-20)?Ĭomprehensiveness: Does the CB include most of the stories from the original text of Scripture? Scriptural Fidelity: Does the CB accurately convey the message of the original text of Scripture without adding extraneous details or subtracting essential details? Then, I used the following criteria to judge the usefulness of the Bibles: N (Neutral, somewhat dynamic and somewhat formal)į2 (Most formally equivalent, a rather “rigid” translation with little variance from the original text) I first determined the appropriate age group of the Bibles, then pinned them on the scale of dynamic (sense for sense) or formal (word for word) equivalence:ĭ2 (Most dynamically equivalent, a rather “free” translation with creative license) In the process of identifying the best Bible for teaching the children at my church, I looked through 20 different children’s Bibles (CB).
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