Bible Translation Personas

Uses Aaron Zinman’s Personas project to generate a “personality profile” for various English Bible translations. The project identifies mentions of the translation on the web and determines the context of each mention, producing a visualization. Below the translations is a “persona” for each member of the Trinity. To me, the results seem fairly random aside from the NRSV’s emphasis on education (indicating its use in academic settings).

Translations

English Standard Version

English Standard Version

King James Version

King James Version

The Message

The Message

New American Bible

New American Bible

New American Standard Bible

New American Standard Bible

New International Version

New International Version

New King James Version

New King James Version

New Living Translation

New Living Translation

New Revised Standard Version

New Revised Standard Version

Today’s New International Version

Today’s New International Version

Members of the Trinity

Father God

Father God

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ

Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit