Czech NBK New Testament (CESNKB)

Overview

The Czech NBK New Testament (Nová Bible kralická) was first published in 1998 in an edition of 10,000 copies. [1] The original edition was issued by the society Sdružení (Nadace) pro Novou Bibli kralickou. The translation was done by Alexandr Flek with the assistance of Pavel Hoffmann between 1994 and 1998. [1] The project aimed to preserve the spirit of the original Kralice Bible (1579-1613) while providing a modern Czech text translated from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. [1] A substantially revised edition was released in 2004, with Zdeněk Sýkora contributing to the revision. [1] The project later evolved into Bible21 (Bible, překlad 21. století), with the complete Bible published in 2009 including Old Testament work by Jiří Hedánek and deuterocanonical books by Jiří Pavlík. [1]

Translators and Contributors

  • Alexandr Flek — Primary NT translator (1994-1998). [1]
  • Pavel Hoffmann — NT co-translator. [1]
  • Zdeněk Sýkora — Contributed to the 2004 revision. [1]
  • Jiří Hedánek — OT translator for the later Bible21 edition. [1]
  • Jiří Pavlík — Deuterocanonical books translator. [1]

Language and People

Czech (ISO 639-3: ces) is spoken by approximately 10,700,000 people. [Glottolog: czec1258]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible 21 Project.

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