Editing Contemporary English Version (section)

== History ==
The CEV project began as a result of studies conducted by [[Barclay Newman]] in 1985 regarding the speech patterns used in books, magazines, newspapers, and television. These studies focused on how English was read and heard. This led to a series of test volumes being published in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among the volumes published were ''Luke Tells the Good News About Jesus'' (1987),  ''The Good News Travels Fast – The Acts of the Apostles'' (1988),   ''A Few Who Dared to Trust God'' (1990),  and ''A Book About Jesus'' (1991). In 1991, the 175th anniversary  of the American Bible Society, the CEV New Testament was released. The CEV [[Old Testament]] was released in 1995. In 1999, the [[Deuterocanonical books]] were published.

The CEV is sometimes mischaracterized as a revision of the ''[[Good News Bible]]'', but is a new translation designed for a lower reading level than the GNB. The American Bible Society continues to promote both translations. Its lower reading level is not intended to dilute script or convey lesser intellect for understanding, it is written reflecting the change of language usage over time, under the principles of its translation.