[B-Greek] NET - Novum Testamentum Graece Diglot (Greek / English)

Eduard C Hanganu eddhanganu at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 27 08:31:09 EDT 2004


Dear Rodney:

I did not say that I don't come to the original text with personal 
presuppositions when I interpret it.
I simply expressed my personal perspective on this translation, which 
doesn't seem to be my favorite at first sight.

You state:

<I would suggest that the judgment expressed above re. both the nature of 
the translation and the notes is ill-founded. Those who have not seen the 
NET ought to check it out for themselves without allowing such comments to 
prejudice their opinion. Read the introductory essay so you understand the 
nature and purpose of this unique project (with which. BTW, I am 
unaffiliated).>


I think your comments are too personal and I feel offended by them. My 
statements were a critical look at a document, and not an opinion about a 
person, but you are attacking me personally. You seem to claim that you are 
unbiased in your perspective, certainly an unwarranted conviction.

The fact that "many of us have read and taught Greek for years" doesn't 
prove anything. As a linguist I find that most classical languages 
instructors and translators lack basic linguistic knowledge and that their 
knowledge is limited to lexicology and morphology with just a touch of 
syntax. If you haven't read yet Nida, Silva and Cottrell and Turner maybe it 
is time to do so. There are serious problems in translation yet. Openness 
invites us to WELCOME critical perspectives and not to attack those who are 
not in agreement with us. Let's remain in the academics.

Regards,

Eduard Hanganu



From: bgreek at ntresources.com
To: eddhanganu at hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [B-Greek] NET - Novum Testamentum Graece Diglot (Greek / 
English)
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:35:39 -0400

 > going to the original text that I became "spoiled" and
 > lost patience with the "translations" that bring in the
 > ideas of the interpreters. The notes added to the text
 > also seem rather amateurish, most of them just personal
 > opinions with little textual support and confused exegesis.

It's nice to know that you never take any ideas to the original text when 
you read it!  Many of us who have read and taught Greek for years have never 
figured out how to quite so confident. ;)

I would suggest that the judgment expressed above re. both the nature of the 
translation and the notes is ill-founded. Those who have not seen the NET 
ought to check it out for themselves without allowing such comments to 
prejudice their opinion. Read the introductory essay so you understand the 
nature and purpose of this unique project (with which. BTW, I am 
unaffiliated).

And if anyone is still confused as to the nature of this "Diaglot" (which 
could be easy given the posts in this thread), the Diaglot edition to which 
the original post referred is, indeed, a printed edition of both the NET and 
NA27. Separately from that, there are other printed editions of the NET, as 
well as electronic forms accessible freely on the Internet as well as in 
various software tools.

Rodney J. Decker, Th.D.
Assoc. Prof./NT
Baptist Bible Seminary
Clarks Summit, PA



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Subject: RE: [B-Greek] NET - Novum Testamentum Graece Diglot (Greek / 
English)[Scanned]

You are right, the abbreviation NET was what confused me in the first place.
This morning, though, I went to the web site and checked the mentioned New
English Translation. As usual, I look at some known passages in order to get
a feel of the translation work and I have to say that I was disappointed.
This NET seems to me more like a paraphrase than a "real" translation. I am
familiar with the literal or word for word translations and with the dynamic
equivalent translations, but this is more like an interpretation of the
original text which I find of little use. I guess I got so accustomed to
going to the original text that I became "spoiled" and lost patience with
the "translations" that bring in the ideas of the interpreters. The notes
added to the text also seem rather amateurish, most of them just personal
opinions with little textual support and confused exegesis.

Eduard Hanganu
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