Freeway - Bibel 2000

The Bible of 2000

The first advent the assemblies had the primary reading from
the new Bible revision. In the cathedral in Uppsala the
reception of the Bible of 2000 during a ceremonial, where
among the others the King Carl XVI Gustav, and the Queen
Silvia were present.

The First Bible
The first bible came in 1541 and was called Gustav Vasa’s Bible.
It was renewed and provided with a table of contents in 1703 and
that bible was called Karl XII ’s Bible. In 1917 it was replaced by
the translation we have used until today.

The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls which have been written 100 years before Christ, were found in caves by
the Dead Sea in 1947. With help of the Dead Sea Scrolls, it has been easier to revision the
text, because they have given new and important information.

Bible of 2000
The Bible of 2000 has been revised bit for bit from 1972.
1981 came the New Testament in a new revision, and in 1986 came the Apocrypha on a new
revision. The whole revision work with the Bible of 2000 took 27 years.
One of the persons who wrote the new Bible is Agneta Pleijel. It’s a big project which lies
behind her, she sat with the commission in the quality of a stylist. It has been a big adventure
and she has learnt very much during the work. It isn’t only a book, it’s a history of culture. It
will never happens again, not in this way. The Bible has inspired her, she calls "Höga Visan"
one of the biggest love poems.
The original texts were in Hebrew and they are up to 3000 years old. The people who have
written the bible were from kings to prisoners of war. To explain the text from Hebrew to
natural and understandable Swedish is big work. The people who have struggled with the
translation have been experts on many different areas. The bible contains poetry, songs,
history, biographies, letters and prophecies. The texts were written for services, plays, private
devotion and songs.

The Bible of 2000 is written in a natural, understandable and present-day Swedish, compared
with the Church Bible which is archaic and hard to understand.

How much does a Bible cost?
The usual Bible costs about 110 Swedish crowns and more expensive variants in leather cost
up to 300 Swedish crowns. The Bible on CD-ROM costs about 200 crowns.
Despite the Bible of 2000 has come out the old Church Bible is still available if you want it.

What is your opinion of the Bible?