[MR] English translation from original Greek and Aramaic

[Aimee Kratts]

Greetings People of the List,

I know there's someone out there who's got the answer to this question.

I'm trying to find an English translation of the Bible that comes from the 
original Greek. I'm trying to get to a version that's more accurate than a 
version that came through the Middle Ages with all the additions and 
deletions done by monks copying the text over and over (see: King James).

Does anybody know about a modern scholar who has gone back and retranslated 
a version from Greek? I'm looking for something that is true to the original 
writing without any particular Christian church's specific values 
highlighted.

I know about the author who translated the first books of the Torah from the 
original. However, I'm more interested in the New Testament.

Can anyone point me in a direction?

Thanks,

Amie Sparrow