RE: b-greek digest: September 02, 1999

From: Jefferson, Robert C. (X2JEFFER@southernco.com)
Date: Fri Sep 03 1999 - 09:46:16 EDT


I agree I think one of the things that would help most laymen is to realize
that just as a single English idea can be expressed many ways in English.
The number of possible ways to say it goes up with translation. Therefore,
it is less important which translation is "best." But which one is liked the
most.
If translation is an art not an exact science then taste is the most
important thing.
This assumes that the translation is accurate.

                
                
                

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Ray Clendenen [SMTP:rclende@lifeway.com]
        Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 9:30 AM
        To: Biblical Greek
        Subject: RE: b-greek digest: September 02, 1999

        Ray Clendenen@BSSBNOTES
        09/03/99 08:29 AM

        Phil Sanders wrote: <<I have been assigned the task of talking about
the
        task of translations to a
        small rural church. I felt that giving some history of translations
and
        some background on the methods of translation would be a wise start.
I
        have
        been investigating several books, including Metzger's, Text of the
New
        Testament; Comfort's, The Quest for the Original Text; and Carson's,
King
        James Version Debate. I also am looking at books by Jack P. Lewis.

        What books would you recommend for such a study?>>

        I think you'd find some great information and examples of Bible
translation
        issues in _A Translator's Freedom: Modern English Bibles and their
        Language_ by Cecil Hargreaves. JSOT 1993.

        Ray Clendenen
        B&H publishers

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