English Bible Version Generator- July 30, 2008 Now this is a tool that weve been needing for a long time. Eddie Arthur, a Bible translator based in the UK has come up with this amazing tool for producing names for Bible translations: The English Bible Version Generator. Just think how handy that is! Weve got the AV and the ASV and the RSV and the NRSV and the ISV and the ESV. I kid you not! So the field is getting rather crowded. But thanks to Eddies tool you have 320 possible names for your very own personal Bible translation! I think..http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/english-bible-version-generator.html More NLT buzz- July 26, 2008 No, thats not a variation on a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich! Here are a couple of places where people are talking about the NLT: Nick Norelli has a hot photo review just out: NLT Study Bible: A Pictoral Review also see his original post NLT Study Bible: Initial Reaction. Eddie Arthur has two posts out as well: The New Living Translation and Simple Language. I have a picture and a few comparisons between the NLT Study Bible and CEV Learning Bible at Lingamish: Bible Cage Match.http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-nlt-buzz.html In the news: World's oldest Bible goes online- July 24, 2008 Parts of Codex Sinaiticus will go online starting today. CNN reports:The British Library plans to begin publishing the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century text handwritten in Greek, on its Web site. The Gospel of Mark and the Book of Psalms go online Thursday. The full manuscript is to be online in a year.http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-news-worlds-oldest-bible-goes-online.html Don't try to preserve verbal links in translation!- July 23, 2008 A poster on a private mailing list about Bible translation put forward an argument which was essentially that Bibles should be translated literally and concordantly in order to preserve the verbal links and word plays between different books, even between the Testaments. This is what I wrote in reply:This reminds me of a talk I heard from an Islamic scholar arguing that the Qur'an is untranslatable, because of all the complex verbal links which cannot be preserved in translation. The complex...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/dont-try-to-preserve-verbal-links-in.html Rise of the New Living Translation- July 23, 2008 Don't miss Rick Mansfield's latest post, Rise of the New Living Translation.http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/rise-of-new-living-translation.html Overly interpretive translations- July 21, 2008 Iyov has a post comparing different versions of Ecclesiastes 11:1. Heres the KJV: Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Looking at the different versions on Iyovs post you can tell a lot about the philosophies of the different translation committees. Iyov is critical of interpretive translations that close out alternative meanings. When I first started...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/overly-interpretive-translations.html 1 John 3:1 (T)NIV- July 19, 2008 I love 1 John 3:1 in NIV and TNIV, especially the first part:How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (NIV)See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (TNIV)There is something wonderful about the thought that the Father has lavished his love on us, and I mean in the idea, not just in the alliteration. But is this translation justified The word translated "has lavished" is dedoken, which is...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/1-john-31-tniv.html Denominations and Bible versions- July 17, 2008 I think that most English Bible translators hope that their translation of the Bible will serve the needs of more than one church denomination. It is interesting, however, to note the denominational background (or funding) for some English Bible versions. In this post I'll note denominational connections. But before doing so, I want to emphasize that many, if not most, of those who have translated and published these versions do not wish for them to be thought of as denominational versions. In..http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/denominations-and-bible-versions.html Hebrews 2:7- July 12, 2008 Nathan has asked John and myself to post about Psalm 8:5 in Hebrews 2:7. This is a fascinating issue. I will only look at a few points relevant to the Greek version of this verse. First, the author of Hebrews quotes exactly from the copy of the LXX as we know it today. Psalm 8:5 ' Hebrews 2:7But the Hebrew isvattechassereihu me'at, mei'elohimYou have made him a little lower than ElohimThe King James creates an agreement between the passage in the Psalms and in Hebrews.For thou hast...http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/hebrews-27.html Gods Long Nostrils- July 11, 2008 You gotta see it to believe it: Gods Long Nostrils at Scotteriology.http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/07/gods-long-nostrils.html |