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The Kingdom New Testament
HarperOne
First published 2011
TranslationKNT
PublisherHarperOne
First Published2011
Canon Proximity9.0 / 10 — Very High
KNT
The Kingdom New Testament
N.T. Wright's fresh New Testament translation brings his deep scholarship to bear on conveying the political, cultural, and theological thrust of the NT in vivid contemporary English. Acclaimed for capturing the urgency and color of the first-century message.
History & Background
N.T. Wright (Tom Wright), one of the foremost New Testament scholars of the modern era, published The Kingdom New Testament in 2011. Drawing on decades of academic work on Jesus, Paul, and the early church, he aims for a translation that captures both the precise meaning and the rhetorical power of the Greek original for modern readers.
Canon Proximity Rating
Canon Proximity9.0 / 10 — Very High
New Testament only (27 books). Scholarly formal-to-dynamic equivalence with high fidelity to the Greek source text.
Rating Scale
9–10: Formally equivalent, 66 books
7–8: Dynamic equiv., 66 books
5–6: Includes Apocrypha
1–4: Major departures / additions