HCSB Interview
Some notes and a link on my book’s (What’s in a Version?) page.
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Byhenry… in the Christian Science Monitor, no less. (HT: Exploring Our Matrix.)
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Henry – a question. I just noted a request from a new attendee and new reader of the Bible at the Bible Study I attend (and teach occasionally). One or two of the faithful people there use the NIV. I have been cautious with this version and just read what I consider a mistranslation of Romans (noted here) I don’t read books myself that sell themselves based on adjectives like ‘international’ – a word that seems to me to be code for ‘conservative’. Is my gut feel out to lunch here?
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