Bible, Bible Society Joint Translation, with Old Testament Apocrypha, Compact Size SI44DC

"Unchanging Words for a Changing World: A First Translation from Scratch in 31 Years" The Bible Society's Joint Translation aims not only to be a dignified and beautiful Japanese Bible suitable for readings in Christian church worship and liturgy, but also to be a translation that will contribute to the formation of the Japanese language and culture for generations to come.

31 years have passed since the publication of the "New Interconfessional Translation" in 1987, which is used in 80% of churches and Christian schools in Japan. The "Bible Society's Joint Translation" is a newly translated Japanese Bible intended to become the standard for the next generation. The first edition was published in December 2018 after approximately nine years of translation work. Following the New Interconfessional Translation, this is also a joint translation project supported and cooperated with Catholic and Protestant churches. It was translated using research results from the United Bible Societies (UBS), the world's largest network of Bible translators, and by outstanding domestic biblical scholars and Japanese language specialists. It reflects as much as possible the achievements of biblical studies, translation studies, and biblical archaeology over the quarter-century since the New Interconfessional Translation. The 2018 first edition included cross-references and notes, but this standard edition omits them, resulting in a larger text area per page.

It's a compact A6 size, suitable for use as a textbook in Christian schools and for lending to new church members.