The phrase "a modern reading" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a contemporary interpretation or understanding of a text, concept, or idea.
Example: "In her essay, she offers a modern reading of Shakespeare's works, highlighting their relevance to today's society."
Alternatives: "a contemporary interpretation" or "a current perspective".
Bastani says his conception of FALC is based on a modern reading of Marx's Capital and Grundrisse.
To be sure, by a modern reading the book is overfocussed on Finch's quiet heroism at the cost of understanding the realities of nineteen-thirties African-American lives.
A sharply worded editorial published Friday in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, said that ample evidence existed to dismiss the papyrus as an "inept forgery," implausibly interpreted through a modern reading of the figure of Christ.
More than 15,000 members come to the American Center to borrow books, see DVDs and study in a modern reading room and computer area equipped with high-speed Internet connections.
But Ms. Smith, who recently found time to reflect on her formative years in the South Jersey township between tour dates behind "Horses/Horses," the 30th anniversary edition of her classic album reissued last month, does not mind lately if a few memories from her 1950's and early 60's days as a Jersey girl filter into a modern reading of the disc.
Where it gets truly interesting is that a modern read of newspapers like the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times still reveals a pretty strong bias against the rich.
This is a very modern reading of a shrew.
Before each of those will be a May production of the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus, adapted into a leaner modern reading, starring Lia Williams at the heart of an apocalyptically bloody family feud.
So I am beholden to people like Richard Dawkins for puncturing Young-Earth creationists who want to defend the idea that the Earth was created only a few thousand years ago, based on a funky (and quite modern!) reading of Genesis.
OK Go has enjoyed a very modern (read: highly trafficked) form of success, and it will be interesting to see how the quartet will keep its fan base stimulated.
The book is thus situated within the general context of systems biology and bioinformatics in the sense of the informatics of biology rather than its usual meaning (computational sequence analysis), it is thus a refreshingly modern read.
