[B-Greek] English Translation of the GNT
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 19 15:23:10 EDT 2003
At 10:42 AM -0500 5/19/03, Michael Holmes wrote:
>Someone asked,
>>I would very much like to know what commonly available English
>>translation is considered closest to the Greek New Testament (UBS,
>>4th Revised Edition).
>
>A number of list members have answered this query in terms of translation
>theory, but the questions seems to be asking something else: not which ET
>most closely represents Greek sentence structure and syntax, but which one
>most closely follows a particular text (regardless of translation theory).
But that is NOT what Noel Fitzpatrick originally asked, although it is
conceivable that this is what he intended. I think you're making the
assumption that "closest to GNT-UBS4" means reproducing literally the words
and structure of the Greek text. That notion in itself represents a
translation theory that would be disputed by many who believe that a
literal and structural reproduction of the Greek text may well be the most
inadequate in terms of what the Greek text intends and means.
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Carl W. Conrad
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