From SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics), an announcement about translating the Bible in Muslim countries were divine familial terms require special translation sensitivities and accuracies: SIL International has received ten recommendations from the WEA Global Review Panel for translation of Divine Familial Terms. Recommendations one through four are cited here as the standards that SIL [...]
Myths about Bible Translation
Mar 26, 2013 @ 0:18 By 41 Comments
This is from Daniel Wallace’s list, and there’s plenty here to discuss. Dan has discussion and examples for each. What are the most common myths about translation you encounter? 1. Perhaps the number one myth about Bible translation is that a word-for-word translation is the best kind. 2. Similar to the first point is that [...]
Kingdom New Testament
Dec 29, 2012 @ 0:03 By 15 Comments
Kris and I are on holiday this week so there will be no Weekly Meanderings. We’ll be back on Meanderings next week! I’m not hearing much chat about Tom Wright’s new translation of the New Testament, called The Kingdom New Testament, but it sure does deserve careful consideration to be on your desk or chair [...]
The Voice
Apr 19, 2012 @ 12:03 By 18 Comments
Bob Smietana, a fine writer for The Tennessean, sketches a story about The Voice: The name Jesus Christ doesn’t appear in The Voice, a new translation of the Bible from a Nashville publisher. Nor do religious words like “angel” or “apostle.” Instead, “angel” is rendered as “messenger,” and “apostle” as “emissary.” Jesus Christ is Jesus [...]
SBC and the NIV 2011
Feb 15, 2012 @ 15:12 By 18 Comments
This from Life Way’s Press Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources voted to continue selling the new NIV Bible in LifeWay stores, approved a new vice president for its largest division and elected new board officers. Meeting Feb. 13-14 at LifeWay offices in downtown Nashville, trustees heard a report from a special [...]
Turkish Translation
Jan 30, 2012 @ 10:12 By 20 Comments
I got this letter this morning: Scot, As a student, I get the chance to read here frequently, but not daily. I respect the tasteful and measured discussions presented. I am curious about scholarly thoughts on this new Bible translation issue presented here: http://turkishcentralnews.com/archives/6423 As a servant of the global Kingdom with skin in the [...]
Tom Wright’s New Testament Translation
Jan 19, 2012 @ 0:02 By 35 Comments
I’m not hearing much chat about Tom Wright’s new translation of the New Testament, called The Kingdom New Testament, but it sure does deserve careful consideration to be on your desk or chair when you read the Bible. I hope everyone gets a copy and puts it next to the Bible they are now reading [...]
CT, the SBC, and the NIV
Sep 6, 2011 @ 11:07 By 34 Comments
From CT’s exceptional editorial: At their annual summer convention, the Southern Baptists passed a resolution expressing “profound disappointment with Biblica and Zondervan Publishing House” for publishing the 2011 New International Version, concluding that “we cannot commend the 2011 NIV to Southern Baptists or the larger Christian community.” The resolution strikes us as divisive, shortsighted, and [...]
The NIV and the Southern Baptists
Aug 1, 2011 @ 0:12 By 95 Comments
I’ve been using the NIV 2011 and I really like it and I endorse it enthusiastically. It’s now my preaching Bible. I cannot think of a finer group of Christian scholars than those on the Committee for Bible Translation, led by Doug Moo at Wheaton. I know these translators, and they take the Word of [...]
The King James Bible
Jul 11, 2011 @ 14:18 By 17 Comments
Last weekend Kris and I were in NYC, in Manhattan, to participate in a wondrous event commemorating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. The event was sponsored by the American Bible Society, and their office is on Broadway, and the invitation came from my old seminary friend, Phil Towner, who is now Dean [...]
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