b-greek digest: September 02, 1999

Jefferson, Robert C. X2JEFFER at southernco.com
Fri Sep 3 09:46:16 EDT 1999


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 at lifeway.com]
	Sent:	Friday, September 03, 1999 9:30 AM
	To:	Biblical Greek
	Subject:	RE: b-greek digest: September 02, 1999





	Ray Clendenen at 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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