The Gospels for Hearers is a fresh, engaging new translation described by prominent theologian and historian, Paul W. Barnett as "A significant achievement that deserves widespread application and use." Every aspect of the book, from the translation to the presentation, supports one fundamental idea - that this book will be read out loud, in a public forum. Public readings were, of course the only way that anyone could hear the Gospels at the time they were written, and for the following eighteen hundred years, except for the privileged few that could both read, and get access to a...