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James McGrath on the Conservative Bible Project

Byhenry December 7, 2009

… in the Christian Science Monitor, no less. (HT: Exploring Our Matrix.)

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My Favored Translation Method
Byhenry December 30, 2008
John Hobbins divided translations into two classes in a recent post. Which do you prefer: (1) a translation that makes sense on its own, without off-site explanation, or (2) a translation that is a head-scratcher until an explanation is given which clears things up, and even then leaves you wondering if you have it right?…
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Preserving Literary Quality?
Byhenry October 7, 2008
Bryon’s Weblog has a quote from Leland Ryken and some commentary, followed by some rather silly comments by an obvious troll. What I found interesting here, however, was the idea of preserving the literary qualities of the Bible. Let me reproduce the quote Bryon used: “If your essentially literal translation is the RSV, the ESV,…
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Link: Mounce on Translation and Verbal Inspiration
Byhenry January 29, 2020
While I disagree with a number of minor points, the one major one being that I would not use the word “verbal” in describing inspiration, this is an excellent outline of how Bible translators think and the reasons behind that thinking. The author, William D. Mounce, responds in some cases to Grudem, but the article…
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John MacArthur Discovers the Greek Word DOULOS
Byhenry January 21, 2011
T. C. Robinson posted the promotional video, in a post titled John MacArthur Charges Bible Translators with Conspiracy, which I’ll embed here for reference: One must make some allowance here for publisher hype, but nonetheless I find the promo a bit cringe-worthy. One of the commenters asks what MacArthur did before he discovered the meaning…
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Bible Gateway Adds RSV and NRSV
Byhenry November 28, 2012
Bible Gateway has added the RSV and NRSV. This will be useful for me as these are my two favorite formal equivalent translations. This addition comes by agreement with the National Council of Churches.
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NLT Review
Byhenry July 17, 2008
Via a comment I received a link to this review of the NLT2 which is quite useful, especially because it includes specific examples supporting the major points.
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