Wednesday, August 16, 2006

On Translations of the Bible

Rob Bradshaw at BiblicalStudies.org.uk recently uploaded an interesting lecture by H.F.D. Sparks, "On Translations of the Bible." Professor Sparks introduces us in a very personal way to translation issues over British and American revisions to the KJV (AV). The pdf download from Rob's blog is free.
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  1. anonymousWed Aug 16, 09:32:00 AM

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  2. Wayne LemanWed Aug 16, 10:40:00 AM

    seem perliously close to anti-Semitism

    I'm glad you caught that and wrote about it. Typical of me, I was so limited on time that I only skimmed Sparks' article and missed a good deal. There should be no room for anti-Semitism in Bible translations.

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  4. Wayne LemanThu Aug 17, 09:23:00 AM

    Matthew concluded:

    Is it good to consult other Bibles? Absolutely, but I am not so ignorant as to suggest that it is not a built in desire of a majority of individuals to identify most closely with a particular translation.

    I agree, Matthew. I confess to finding myself "floating" some for several years because I have not personally settled on a single Bible that I use for my main version.

    I think your comments point out an important social motivation that people have, solidarity, fitting in, group-ness. Like every human motivation, it can be taken to excess, but it can also be used for good.

    At this time, I don't see any contemporary English version gaining the "standard" status that the KJV enjoyed for so long. But individual faith communities, at least, can have their own standard version.

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