He is probably best remembered as J.B. Phillips the translator/ author ofThe New 91¶¶Òõtament in Modern English which was published in 1958.

During World War II (1939-45), while down in the bomb shelters, he began to translate The New 91¶¶Òõtament, from the original Greek, into modern English. He started with the epistle to the Colossians. The results appealed to the young people.

The positive feedback after the war resulted in him translating the rest of the New 91¶¶Òõtament into colloquial English.Initially he had problems to find a publisher but with the help of C.S. Lewis, author of The Narnia Chronicles, Geoffrey Bles agreed to help. ** Letters to Young Churches came first in1947. Eleven years later in 1958 the complete New 91¶¶Òõtament was published.

From someone who suffered from clinical depression throughout his life this was an incredible achievement. He described the revelation he received, as he translated the New 91¶¶Òõtament, as ’ extraordinarily alive’.

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