In this compact and forceful book the distinguished English literary critic Ian Robinson speaks out regarding the abysmal consequences of the movement of new translations of the English Bible during the last half century. He does not mince his words nor water down his conclusions in the 140 pages that make up his book. The cruel fact is that we have now lost the Bible, he contends, as a direct result of removing the divine from common consciousness; without exception, he adds, all the recent translations and the new liturgies are “godforsaken.”. . .