{"id":69625,"date":"2019-01-25T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=69625"},"modified":"2019-01-27T20:17:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T03:17:29","slug":"a-new-era-in-latter-day-saint-scholarship-on-the-new-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/01\/a-new-era-in-latter-day-saint-scholarship-on-the-new-testament.html","title":{"rendered":"A new era in Latter-day Saint scholarship on the New Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Heptapegon\"<\/a>
Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee\u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain)
This is the traditional location of the feeding of the multitude.
Photograph by the suspiciously surnamed Christoph Matthias Siebenborn (suspicious in view of the surname\u2019s etymology and the etymology of Tabgha<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On Thursday, in the Deseret News<\/em>, I used my regular column to call the attention of my readers there \u2014 if I have any! \u2014 to an important recent publication:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA major new Latter-day Saint resource for New Testament study\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Today, in the recently renamed Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scripture<\/em>, Stephen Smoot reviews that significant new book:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTranslating the New Testament\u00a0for Latter\u2011day Saints\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0A new translation of the New Testament by Thomas A. Wayment, a\u00a0professor of Classics at Brigham Young University, offers Latter\u00a0day Saints a\u00a0fresh look at this volume of scripture. Accompanying the translation are study notes that touch on historical, textual, and other items of importance in any critical reading of the New Testament. Wayment\u2019s new edition should prove a\u00a0helpful aid to Latter\u00a0day Saint readers wishing to get more out of their study of the New Testament.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Incidentally, while the King James Version (the KJV) remains the official translation of the Bible for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> in the English-speaking world, Latter-day Saints should feel no fear or guilt for looking at different translations.<\/p>\n

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Obviously, Latter-day Saints elsewhere are already<\/em> using non-KJV translations in their personal study and in formal worship services. \u00a0The Church\u2019s official Spanish-language Bible is a revised edition (complete with Church-specific notes and other materials) of the\u00a0Reina-Valera\u00a0translation that originally appeared in 1602, and the official Portuguese-language edition is based on the Almeida translation, most closely associated with Portuguese-speaking Protestants, that began to appear in 1682.<\/p>\n

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Although the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not publish official Bibles of its own in any other languages than English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and may never do so, it\u00a0has approved non\u2013Latter-day Saint editions of the Bible for use in Church meetings and classes in many other areas. \u00a0In German-speaking Europe, for instance, the originally Catholic Einheits\u00fcbersetzung<\/em>, created between 1962 and 1980, has replaced the modernized Luther Bible that we used during my 1972-1974 mission in German-speaking Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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Another very valuable recent contribution to Latter-day Saint biblical scholarship is being made by the New Testament Commentary group at Brigham Young University<\/a>, which has, thus far at least, included fresh translations in its publications. \u00a0Three commentary volumes have already been available:<\/p>\n

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Richard D. Draper and Michael D. Rhodes, The Revelation of John the Apostle<\/em><\/p>\n

S. Kent Brown, The Testimony of Luke<\/em><\/p>\n

Richard D. Draper and Michael D. Rhodes, Paul\u2019s First Epistle to the Corinthians<\/em><\/p>\n

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Julie M. Smith\u2019s The Gospel according to Mark<\/em>\u00a0has just arrived, still hot from the press.<\/p>\n

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A supplemental volume, Brent J. Schmidt\u2019s\u00a0Relational Grace: The Reciprocal and Binding Covenant of Charis<\/em>, is also available.<\/p>\n

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