[B-Greek] Most accurate translation of the New Testament writings
Clwinbery at aol.com
Clwinbery at aol.com
Fri Apr 11 21:00:14 EDT 2003
In a message dated 4/11/03 6:22:39 PM, spiritandtruth3 at yahoo.com writes:
>I would like to ask the members of the forum if they would comment on which,
>in their opinion, is the most accurate [literal] translation of the New
>Testament writings, and also, what are the oldest Greek fragments or writings
>in possession at this time.
>
First of all I'd like to ask you to use a full name signature as is called
for in the faq for the list.
Second, I think the use of the the word "accurate," especially when equated
with "literal," is misguided. A person would have to be somewhat arrogant to
claim such for his own translation or even to pretend to be able to make such
a judgment.
The question should focus on understanding the Greek and presenting that
understanding in English that is meaningful in the same way to the targeted
group. Surely most of us recognize that no one translation fits all English
speaking people. I bought the TEV for my children. That seemed to me at the
time to be the Bible that they could best understand. I enjoy reading the New
English Bible, but to claim one as the most accurate--wrong question. So let
us not go off on a tangent of evaluating translations.
Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College
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