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Book: God’s Secretaries

Byhenry June 24, 2007

If you’re looking for a history of the KJV, you are likely to be disappointed by this book. There is a history, and considering the very sparse information on the topic, it’s a pretty good one, but it is concealed in the incredibly wordy prose of this ponderous document. Considering my own propensity for long…

Bible Translation | Biblical Inerrancy | Biblical Inspiration | KJV Only

The Impossibility of Verbal Plenary Translation

Byhenry January 7, 2007

I have heard many good things about Mars Hill Church in Seattle, despite some theological disagreements (with whom do I not have such disagreements?) so I was disappointed to receive the following via e-mail from a friend: Theological reasons for why Mars Hill preaches out of the ESV. This isn’t intended as an attack on…

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Can a Translation be Completely Accurate

Byhenry December 6, 2006

There’s an interesting thread in the Religion Forum right now, What is a Biblical Translation?, which goes into the issue of whether one can create a 100% accurate Bible translation. Of course, the answer is “no.” If you want 100% accuracy, you need to go to the source language. But even there you bring yourself…

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Optimal Equivalence and the HCSB

Byhenry January 5, 2014

It has been some time since I complained about something in a Bible translation, so here goes! In this case it’s not the translation itself, but rather the description of the translation in the introduction. I used the HCSB in church today, and I noticed something interesting about the way the name of God is…

Bible Study | Bible Translation | Textual Criticism

Why Digitize Manuscripts

Byhenry June 28, 2022

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…

Christianity | Religion

In Defense of the Ordinary

Byhenry June 11, 2016

In preparing for my Sunday School lesson tomorrow I read some very high sounding words about settling for less: pleasure rather than joy, vengeance rather than justice, sentiment rather than beauty, and so forth. The source was N. T. Wright, quoted in the introduction to the Cokesbury Adult Bible Studies Uniform Series for the Summer…

Bible Translation | Bible Versions

Book: God’s Secretaries

Byhenry June 24, 2007

If you’re looking for a history of the KJV, you are likely to be disappointed by this book. There is a history, and considering the very sparse information on the topic, it’s a pretty good one, but it is concealed in the incredibly wordy prose of this ponderous document. Considering my own propensity for long…

Bible Translation | Biblical Inerrancy | Biblical Inspiration | KJV Only

The Impossibility of Verbal Plenary Translation

Byhenry January 7, 2007

I have heard many good things about Mars Hill Church in Seattle, despite some theological disagreements (with whom do I not have such disagreements?) so I was disappointed to receive the following via e-mail from a friend: Theological reasons for why Mars Hill preaches out of the ESV. This isn’t intended as an attack on…

Bible Study | Bible Translation | Biblical Inspiration

Can a Translation be Completely Accurate

Byhenry December 6, 2006

There’s an interesting thread in the Religion Forum right now, What is a Biblical Translation?, which goes into the issue of whether one can create a 100% accurate Bible translation. Of course, the answer is “no.” If you want 100% accuracy, you need to go to the source language. But even there you bring yourself…

Bible Translation | Bible Translations

Optimal Equivalence and the HCSB

Byhenry January 5, 2014

It has been some time since I complained about something in a Bible translation, so here goes! In this case it’s not the translation itself, but rather the description of the translation in the introduction. I used the HCSB in church today, and I noticed something interesting about the way the name of God is…

Bible Study | Bible Translation | Textual Criticism

Why Digitize Manuscripts

Byhenry June 28, 2022

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…

Christianity | Religion

In Defense of the Ordinary

Byhenry June 11, 2016

In preparing for my Sunday School lesson tomorrow I read some very high sounding words about settling for less: pleasure rather than joy, vengeance rather than justice, sentiment rather than beauty, and so forth. The source was N. T. Wright, quoted in the introduction to the Cokesbury Adult Bible Studies Uniform Series for the Summer…

Bible Translation | Bible Versions

Book: God’s Secretaries

Byhenry June 24, 2007

If you’re looking for a history of the KJV, you are likely to be disappointed by this book. There is a history, and considering the very sparse information on the topic, it’s a pretty good one, but it is concealed in the incredibly wordy prose of this ponderous document. Considering my own propensity for long…

Bible Translation | Biblical Inerrancy | Biblical Inspiration | KJV Only

The Impossibility of Verbal Plenary Translation

Byhenry January 7, 2007

I have heard many good things about Mars Hill Church in Seattle, despite some theological disagreements (with whom do I not have such disagreements?) so I was disappointed to receive the following via e-mail from a friend: Theological reasons for why Mars Hill preaches out of the ESV. This isn’t intended as an attack on…

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