[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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