Two Posts on Translation

Byhenry December 12, 2006

Since I divided my blog into three, I have tried to make “just link” posts rare, but I did want to call attention to two posts that I have just written. First, on the Participatory Bible Study Blog I have put some comments about the Clear Word Bible, which is finally a Bible translation that I thoroughly dislike, though this post will only illustrate a small portion of that.

The second is a blank verse version of Psalm 103 posted on my writing blog. I’m not sure I’m very good with this form. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m pretty weak at it, but I like trying to present Biblical passages in modern forms.

Enjoy–or not. 🙂

Revisiting Acts 17:26

Byhenry April 23, 2008

Yesterday I blogged about the HCSB of Acts 17:26, and in particular the portion that reads something like “made of one ______”. The KJV reads “blood” which is one of the textual variants, while the HCSB says “man” which apparently does not occur in any of the ancient manuscripts. Since I read these lectionary texts…

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Greek and Ministry

Byhenry July 10, 2013

Thomas Hudgins is teaching Greek, and he thinks students should study with the intention of actually using their Greek in ministry (HT: Dave Black). I’m delighted to see more and more effort put into this type of teaching. I was very frustrated as a graduate student when I saw how students in the MDiv program…

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Jesus Creed: Does God Still Speak?

Byhenry January 28, 2012

Scot McKnight has a post asking this question, starting from a book he’s read. This is a few days old, but that just adds more discussion in the comments! Just in case anyone wonders, my position–the position I argue for in my book–is that God still speaks today. In fact, my aim in the book…

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Can a Translation be Completely Accurate

Byhenry December 6, 2006

There’s an interesting thread in the Religion Forum right now, What is a Biblical Translation?, which goes into the issue of whether one can create a 100% accurate Bible translation. Of course, the answer is “no.” If you want 100% accuracy, you need to go to the source language. But even there you bring yourself…

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Resource Links for Eschatology Future and Present

Byhenry October 22, 2015

This is strictly a links post, giving links to the resources I’ll be referencing tonight. First some of my own resources: Eschatology: Future and Present Announcing this study and giving some questions to consider taken from Eschatology: A Participatory Study Guide What Does It Mean to Survive Death? I discuss some of the vocabulary problems…

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English and Greek Ambiguity: 2 Corinthians 5:21

Byhenry January 5, 2008

This relates to my previous post on translating ambiguous passages. The last clause of this verse reads, formally translated, “so that we might become [the] righteousness of God in him.” I’m interested in the range of meanings that might be heard by a modern English reader for the final phrase, “in him.” A number of…

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