On THE MESSAGE
I’ve written a brief response to a particularly bad article about The Message over on my Participatory Bible Study Blog.
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Interview with Ed Blum on the HCSB
ByhenryThe HCSB is not one of my favorites, but in many ways it is not a bad translation. This interview with general editor Dr. Ed Blum is quite helpful. I would underline Dr. Blum’s comments on reading the introduction. The majority of questions I’m asked about Bible translations and most of the information I put…
Note on 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Byhenry… at my Participatory Bible Study Blog.
KJV-Only: The Exclusivity Argument
ByhenryOne of the fundamental assumptions of my book, What’s in a Version? is that the Bible should and can be available in any language. Thus the initial chapter starts by asking just what questions onbe might ask if one was deciding how to produce a translation for people who don’t have one. Advocates of the…
Metzger Essay on the NRSV
ByhenryFind the link at Near Emmaus.
Dan Wallace on What Bible You Should Own
ByhenryI don’t weight all the versions precisely as he does, but he provides some excellent guidelines. Not surprisingly he likes the NET. I do too, though I don’t put it quite as high on my list.
On Lucidity of the Writers and Clear Translation
ByhenryI’ve posted two items on my Participatory Bible Study blog, the first on clarity of translation, On Translating to be Understood, and the second on just how clearly we understand the Bible writers in the first place, Paul not Lucid.