Words wither and blogs fade away…
Forgive me if you’ve heard this song before, but I've decided to stop blogging at He is Sufficient. I truly appreciate all of the wit, wisdom and words of faith that you have shared with me over the past few years. I wish you well in all of your endeavors, whatever they may be and wherever they may lead you. “God is sufficient for the needs of His people”. Amen!
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Nuance in the art of fine Bible publishing
The thumbnails below are of two “ultrathin” NASB editions from Foundation Publications. Regular readers will know that I treasure my NASB Side-Column Reference Wide Margin edition from Foundation; however, one of these is sorely tempting as well. The sample page on the left is Foundation’s NASB Ultrathin Reference Bible. This Bible is one of the [...]
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John, the Chronicler and the number of the Beast
Most everyone, regardless of their eschatological persuasion, should be familiar with this passage: “This calls for wisdom. Let those who have insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.” Revelation 13:18 (TNIV) Now, there have been innumerable guesses made as to the identity of [...]
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Extreme TNIV texts
A recent resurgence in commentary about the Books of the Bible release of the TNIV has floated some additional visitors to a post I had made back in June about that edition’s intriguing case for removing all of the critical apparatus from Biblical text and forcing us to focus on the words of the Word. [...]
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Isaiah 53:6 … a snapshot in gender accuracy
I’ve been discussing some gender accuracy and Bible translation issues with Gary Zimmerli and, as part of our exchange, he recently sent me a note that included this quote from Isaiah 53:6 (with regards to an image I was using in my blog header): We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has [...]
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TNIV Reference Bible: Thy Cup Runneth Over!
I was wandering around on Zondervan’s website and decided to revisit the TNIV Reference Bible page to see if there was anything new. I may have missed it before, but the publishers have posted the first nine pages of Genesis (1:1-10:20) in PDF format. Rick Mansfield had previously posted some comp pages from John, but [...]
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First Look: NRSV Cross-Reference Edition
I’ve not had the pleasure of using the NRSV before, but given its claim as the most ecumenical Bible translation currently available, I felt that it was somewhat irresponsible to not have a copy on the desk. I looked at a number of editions in various sizes and formats before deciding to order a “like [...]
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The Suffering Messiah: Psalm 89
One topic that I’ve been meaning to put some thoughts down on is related to the canon of messianic passages that Christians associate with Jesus Christ. In part this is spurred by the various translation issues that I’ve been studying, especially as gender and plurality relate to phrases such as “the son of Man” in [...]
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A critique of functional equivalence
My last post featured a link to a 2001 article by Dr. Raymond Van Leeuwen published in Christianity Today. Van Leeuwen argued for the need of a modern literal Bible translation that moved away from functional equivalency (FE) as a translation philosophy in an effort to better understand the original words and meaning of Biblical [...]
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“After Pentecost” — has anyone read this book?
A random blog surf led me to an article in the Christianity Today archives titled “We Really Do Need Another Bible Translation“, written in October 2001 by Raymond C. Van Leeuwen. In it, Mr. Van Leeuwen explores the concept of functional equivalence (FE) as a translation philosophy, using the NLT, NIV, NRSV, REB and TEV [...]
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A new book from Kim Riddlebarger in the works