Joe Myzia has an interesting post about Bible translation philosophies on TNIV Truth, raising some great questions about how and why we each choose what type of Bible to use. I left a lengthy comment in his post, but wanted to explore the topic a little more here as well.
First, a little bit of background: [...]
Rick Mansfield has posted his comments on The Modern Language Bible: New Berkeley Edition on This Lamp. The MLB was an early (~1950) effort to use modern language as a translation principle and move away from the archaic KJV. It would be interesting to compare the MLB to the New English Bible, which was first [...]
I finally had a chance to get to the local Northwestern Christian bookstore and see some of the new Bibles that are out. I especially wanted to see the new printing of the NLTse Premium Slimline Reference Bible, which Rick Mansfield recently reviewed on This Lamp. I was a bit let down after reading his [...]
John Hobbins (Ancient Hebrew Poetry) has written some thoughts on unfulfilled prophecy and Biblical literalism that I found interesting to read in light of my previous summary of preterist eschatology.
Fyi, Larry has added a guest review of Writings of St. Paul, 2nd Edition (Meeks & Fitzgerald) on Rick Mansfield’s THIS LAMP blog. I’ve updated the list of Study Bible reviews in my previous post.
Joe Myzia recently posted a review of “The Apocalypse Code” by Hank Hanegraff, a book that apparently critiques evangelical eschatology, and especially the brand of dispensational premillennialism advocated by authors LaHaye and Lindsey, from a preterist viewpoint:
“Hank’s view is that of partial preterism. Don’t let Hank fool you on his broadcast when he claims he’s not a preterist. [...]
Rick Mansfield has recently posted his notes on several specific Bibles from various publishers. His reviews are thorough and well worth reading.
NLTse, “Premium Slimline Reference (Large Print) from Tyndale:
“I don’t consider myself all that picky, but after three years of the NLTse’s existence, I still couldn’t find a decent copy for public use. However, just [...]
Gary Zimmerli has posted on some concerns regarding the NLTse:
”I have been recommending the new NLTse, and plan on continuing to do so. It’s a fine translation, easy-to-read, and gives you the Word quickly and clearly… as long as you don’t look too close.”
His concerns track with some of the notes I previously had made [...]
I was looking at the NET Bible online and found that their text and notes for Psalm 91 offer up a possible explanation for the structure of verses 1-2 that I discussed below. First, verses 1-3 in the NET translation:
As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides [...]
You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord, Who abide in His shadow for life,
Say to the Lord, “My Refuge, My Rock in Whom I trust.”
Another inspirational verse. This one resonates with me because of the adaption that Michael Joncas did in his song “On Eagles’ Wings” (above), which my mom liked and was [...]
