ISV Whole Bible Available

Byhenry January 10, 2011

The ISV whole Bible is available in electronic form. It’s a sort of pre-release, with a module available for eSword, along with Word 2003 and 2010 docs. I now have the whole Bible, even though corrections may be made before printing, so I’m planning to check my key verses and make up my numbers to post on mybibleversion.com.

I recently found what I consider a wonderful, though simple, wording in the ISV New Testament, “no inconsistency or shifting shadow” in James 1:17. I’ll be interested in seeing how the Old Testament translation compares with the new. I will post a link here once I’ve written up my notes.

(HT: Better Bibles)

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The Bible: Translation of Translations and Copy of Copies

Byhenry February 21, 2015

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to teach a Sunday School class on the history of the Bible. Teaching a class on how we got the Bible in about 50 minutes requires some serious decisions; you can’t cover everything, but you want to cover the most important thing. At one time I would…

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Response to Misquoting Jesus VI

Byhenry April 20, 2007

. . . in which, quite logically, I discuss chapter 5. 🙂 In Chapter 5, originals that matter, Ehrman first introduces the basics of textual criticism and tells us how textual decisions are made. This good overview, as he notes, will not prepare you to make textual decisions for yourself, but it will let you…

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Carrying the TNIV

Byhenry April 9, 2007

I started carrying the TNIV recently. I had been using it only in electronic form to do some studying and comparison, but I decided to see how it would work as a “carrying” Bible. That means I take it to church, Sunday School, study groups, and I keep it at hand during my study time…

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Translation, Paraphrase, and Transformation

Byhenry January 15, 2007

I’ve been using a term about Bible translation, or rather, about a form of presenting the message of the Biblical text without taking the time to rigorously define it. That term is “transformation.” I want to throw out this post for some comments, and explain why I started using that term. Has it been used…

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Capitalization as a Translation Issue in the Hebrew Scriptures

Byhenry January 5, 2008

In my ratings for the Bible Version Selection Tool, one of the areas on which I compare translations is capitalization of pronouns referring to God or to Jesus. The interesting thing about this is that the Hebrew text has no analog to capitalization of any kind, while edited Greek texts and some late manuscripts can…

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The Best Bible Version is the One You Read

Byhenry April 21, 2011

Across the front cover of my book What’s in a Version? I placed the slogan that forms the title of this post. You might think it’s a strange thing to put on the cover of a book. I’ve used it in class as well. I’ve received more criticism for that one line than for anything…

3 Comments

Andy says:

January 11, 2011 at 2:17 pm

Any idea when the ISV will go to print?

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1. Henry Neufeld says:
  
  January 12, 2011 at 9:26 am
  
  I believe they were saying summer or fall this year. They’re accepting suggestions and comments at this point.
  
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Deni says:

February 17, 2011 at 12:16 pm

You can pre-order the digital form of the ISV now from Logos Bible Software that also includes reading plans and detailed footnotes!

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