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Eugene Peterson

Pastor and scholar who created The Message, a widely read contemporary Bible paraphrase.

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Eugene Peterson (1932-2018) was an American pastor and author who spent years creating The Message, a paraphrase of the Bible in contemporary English. His goal was to recapture the immediacy of the original biblical languages for modern readers. The Message remains one of the most popular Bible paraphrases.

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family_historyPastor and scholar family_historyCreated The Message Bible paraphrase