Look at this guy
Sarah Ruden, "The Gospels: A New Translation"
The deliberate roughness and immediacy of the evangelists will shock you awake from the many sleep-inducing modern translations.
Some passages are updated beyond recognition:
The famous "Ecce Homo" becomes "Look at this guy".
The Syrophoenician Woman's line in Mark 7:24-29 becomes "Yes, master, but the little doggies do eat some of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
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