{"id":19982,"date":"2011-09-06T11:07:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/?p=19982"},"modified":"2011-09-02T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T20:09:10","slug":"ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/","title":{"rendered":"CT, the SBC, and the NIV"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2011\/september\/bible-translation-battles.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>From CT\u2019s exceptional editorial<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At their annual summer convention, the Southern Baptists passed a resolution expressing \u201cprofound disappointment with Biblica and Zondervan Publishing House\u201d for publishing the 2011 New International Version, concluding that \u201cwe cannot commend the 2011 NIV to Southern Baptists or the larger Christian community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution strikes us as divisive, shortsighted, and something that brings us, and no doubt the majority of the Christian community, profound disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the resolution was not brought to the convention by the resolution committee, which wisely determined that the convention did not need to comment on the new translation. The resolution was the work of a single delegate, and only one other person spoke on its behalf. But no one on the convention floor spoke against it, and eyewitnesses say that up to 90 percent of the delegates raised their ballots to signal their approval\u2026.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>No single translation method can possibly convey with complete accuracy the biblical text. An Italian proverb sums it up well:\u00a0<em>Traduttore traditore<\/em>, \u201cThe translator is a traitor.\u201d There is, indeed, always something lost in translation. So we need both formal and functional equivalence biblical translations. Formal equivalence translations highlight what the text literally\u00a0<em>said<\/em>. Functional equivalent translations highlight how that text was originally\u00a0<em>heard<\/em>. Only when we employ these together can we begin to approximate Scripture\u2019s deepest and broadest meaning.<\/p>\n<p>We are convinced that the Southern Baptists want to grasp the deepest and broadest meaning of Scripture. Thus, we strongly encourage them to rethink the resolution and make room for a variety of translations\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Our advice: Don\u2019t do as the Southern Baptists say at their conventions. Do as they do in their bookstores.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CT\u2019s exceptional editorial: At their annual summer convention, the Southern Baptists passed a resolution expressing \u201cprofound disappointment with Biblica and Zondervan Publishing House\u201d for publishing the 2011 New International Version, concluding that \u201cwe cannot commend the 2011 NIV to Southern Baptists or the larger Christian community.\u201d The resolution strikes us as divisive, shortsighted, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[456,1425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-translations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CT, the SBC, and the NIV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From CT&#039;s exceptional editorial: At their annual summer convention, the Southern Baptists passed a resolution expressing &quot;profound disappointment with\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CT, the SBC, and the NIV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From CT&#039;s exceptional editorial: At their annual summer convention, the Southern Baptists passed a resolution expressing &quot;profound disappointment with\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jesus Creed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-06T16:07:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-09-02T20:09:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scot McKnight\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scot McKnight\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/\",\"name\":\"CT, the SBC, and the NIV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-06T16:07:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-09-02T20:09:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#\/schema\/person\/5919e847c58ffe6efb5899fb61797252\"},\"description\":\"From CT's exceptional editorial: At their annual summer convention, the Southern Baptists passed a resolution expressing \\\"profound disappointment with\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/09\/06\/ct-the-sbc-and-the-niv\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CT, the SBC, and the NIV\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/\",\"name\":\"Jesus Creed\",\"description\":\"Scot McKnight on Jesus and orthodox faith in the 21st century\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#\/schema\/person\/5919e847c58ffe6efb5899fb61797252\",\"name\":\"Scot McKnight\",\"description\":\"Scot McKnight is a recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. 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