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

bgreek at ntresources.com bgreek at ntresources.com
Fri Aug 27 09:04:22 EDT 2004


> 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 "Diglot" (which could be easy given the posts in this thread), the Diglot 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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