In the beginning ...- August 15, 2008 On the NLT blog today, Tremper Longman writes about the reasons for knowing the identity of the translators of any Bible version. He writes,The main value of knowing who translated the Bible you are reading is to let you know the theological perspective of the work. (Yes, it is also to tell you that the people who did it are highly trained specialists in the language and literature of the Old and New Testaments). But what difference does the theological perspective of the translator makeA big...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/in-beginning.html My boss is a Jewish carpenter- August 14, 2008 Think about the word carpenter. What does a carpenter do for a living What type of carpenter was Jesus A house-builder A furniture maker A chariot maker A brick mason The word for carpenter in the gospels is tekton. Our English work architect, meaning chief builder is related to this word. The word occurs twice in the New Testament: Matthew 13:55 Isn't this the carpenter's son Isn't his mother's name Mary Aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas Mark...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-boss-is-jewish-carpenter.html comparing ESV and NLT study Bibles- August 12, 2008 ElShaddai Edwards has been comparing the ESV and NLT study Bibles. His latest post compares the two for the first part of Ezekial.There are now blogs specifically for the NLT Study Bible and the ESV Study Bible. And before those blogs came blogs for the ESV and NLT themselves, which many of you are already aware of.It would be helpful if there would also be official blogs promoting the TNIV and the TNIV Study Bible. A number of us have been concerned for some time about inadequate official...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/comparing-esv-and-nlt-study-bibles.html Robert Alter- August 11, 2008 What does literature have to do with the Bible HThttp://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/robert-alter.html NLT Study Bible video- August 11, 2008 Check it out and tell me what you think.http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/nlt-study-bible-video.html ESV Study Bible video- August 9, 2008 HT: Michael Spencer Please remember our Posting Guidelines (see sidebar)http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/esv-study-bible-video.html Do not shoot talk nothing at people that they made bad skin so they must receive heavy.- August 7, 2008 The title of this post is a back-translation from the the Goiniri Onnele language of Papua New Guinea. The phrase in question is from Luke 6:37, Do not condemn. Zephyr at is beginning a series of posts discussing his experience checking translations done in Papua New Guinea. Whats so fascinating about his articles is how Papua New Guinean languages are so different from Greek and require different strategies for communicating information. For example, Onnele verbs lack a true passive,...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/do-not-shoot-talk-nothing-at-people.html Alters Psalter Falters- August 6, 2008 Well, not really. But I couldnt resist the alliteration. ;-) I found a copy of Robert Alters The Book of Psalms at our local library and I have been thumbing through it in a lazy vacation sort of way. The introduction contains mind-bending prose like this: Poetically effective sequencing may be combined with the semantic dynamics to which lines of parallelistic verse lend themselves. (p. xxvi) Whoa! Scary thing is I almost understand what hes talking about! Alter has to condescend...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/alters-psalter-falters.html PodBible on Facebook- August 5, 2008 Tim Bulkeley has just put the PodBible on Facebook, in addition to its usual spot on the Internet. If you don't have a Facebook account yet, they are free. And there are some Bible programs, as well as some fun games. (I've become quite a fan of several of them, Scramble, Guess the Word, Prolific, Scrabble, etc.).The PodBible is audio recordings which were made of volunteers reading the CEV around the clock in New Zealand a couple of years ago. I have appreciated these recordings and hope that..http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/08/podbible-on-facebook.html |