Part I: Overview of issues -- Understanding English Bible translation -- Questions and answers about English Bible translation -- Part II: The story of English Bible translation -- Laying the foundation -- Building on the foundation -- Building on another foundation -- Part III: The two main genres of Modern English Bible translation -- Divergent goals for Bible translation -- Divergent views of the Bible -- Divergent views of the Bible's authors, readers, and translators -- Divergent methods of translation -- Divergent styles for an English Bible -- Part IV: The ideal English Bible translation -- Fullness rather than reductionism -- Transparency to the original text -- Preserving the literary qualities of the Bible -- Part V: The Bible in the church -- Oral reading of the Bible -- The need for a translation that people can trust and respect -- Teaching and preaching from the Bible.