What a lovely exploration! I've added Reading Genesis to my stack of books for the next handful of months. I knew my own share of KJV fundamentalists as a young woman, and that definitely put a poor taste in my mouth for the particular translation as well...but my mother (who was quite far from fundamentalist in many areas) loved the NKJV translation due to its easier readability in daily life while also keeping some of the poetic phrasings of the KJV version. Her appreciation has somewhat balanced with my distaste.
I agree with you on the online vs. offline reading. It's becoming increasingly challenging for me to read from a screen, all the more now that I work an office job which is comprised of 90% screen-based tasks and now that much of my ongoing coursework in continuing education has been moved online. I often finding myself printing essays or class reading to peruse fully within the physical world. It's just better that way.
What a lovely exploration! I've added Reading Genesis to my stack of books for the next handful of months. I knew my own share of KJV fundamentalists as a young woman, and that definitely put a poor taste in my mouth for the particular translation as well...but my mother (who was quite far from fundamentalist in many areas) loved the NKJV translation due to its easier readability in daily life while also keeping some of the poetic phrasings of the KJV version. Her appreciation has somewhat balanced with my distaste.
I agree with you on the online vs. offline reading. It's becoming increasingly challenging for me to read from a screen, all the more now that I work an office job which is comprised of 90% screen-based tasks and now that much of my ongoing coursework in continuing education has been moved online. I often finding myself printing essays or class reading to peruse fully within the physical world. It's just better that way.