It looks like pretty much the same article I referenced earlier (I didn’t take the time to compare them word by word, but many of the quotes match.
The only reason I’m referencing this separately is the headline: The battle for truth in Bible translation.
Is it possible that anyone thinks the project really is “battling for truth?”
So why do I want to talk about an insignificant variant? The answer is simple. In many cases the reliability of Biblical texts is stated simply in terms of the number of variants that exist in the manuscripts. This number is quite high, but most of these variants are not significant. They may involve identical…
I was reading this for my morning reading, and I noticed the phrase “nishberey lev” which is nearly universally translated as “brokenhearted” or something very close to that in English translations. This is an extremely familiar passage, and it is quite possible that translators are wary of moving from the familiar phraseology. But as I…
I did not react very favorably to the announcement of the Common English Bible, because I didn’t really see the benefit of this particular version and its placement. From a ministry point of view my question is just who will be reached by this Bible version, not just in evangelism and outreach but in discipleship…
An extremely brief rundown from the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. I really appreciate the work of this group, though I rarely need to consult a manuscript directly, and then usually only to ooh and aah over some feature mentioned by an expert. But all the tools I use benefit from making…
Suzanne has returned and is carrying on the debate about the approiate use of language for gender in Bible translation. Her response comes in three parts. I’m going to comment briefly on each, and then make some further comments on this controversy. (You can follow Suzanne’s links to Adrian’s posts.) First, in Response to Adrian:…
One of the things I find difficult to present to lay audiences is the range of options that a translator has in dealing with any passage. In particular poetry offers may options. One is not presented with just a couple of binary yes/no choices; rather, one is presented with a huge range of options, each…
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