Kenny Pearce on Bible Translations

[Gleaned from the Christian Carnival CLXI, which you should go check out.]

Kenny Pearce has written an excellent post on Bible translations. I say “excellent” based on the obvious standard that he agrees with much of what I say! 🙂 He talks about a spectrum of translations using what he calls “a degree of literalness.”

This is very similar to what I teach, and in fact what I demonstrate in my Bible Version Selection Tool. I think my ratings even come generally fairly close to his.

This is recommended reading. It’s about as concise as you can get and still be accurate and practical.