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!
Category Archives: bible publishing
The death of median translations?
Jeff at Scripture Zealot has a good post up today on using the word “propitiation” as a shibboleth of sorts in selecting a Bible translation. He likes what he reads in the NLT for Romans 3:25 – For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God’s anger against us. [...]
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Comparing notes on the NLT Study Bible
Coming up on two weeks ago, a package from Tyndale arrived just as we were finishing up packing for a weekend away with friends in northern Minnesota. Needless to say, my planned reading was left on the shelf (sorry Greg Boyd!) and the new NLT Study Bible (NLTSB) went with me. I had planned to [...]
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Changes in the bookstore
I had a few minutes to stop by our local Christian bookstore and noticed that they’d completely rearranged the Bible section. Frankly, I was very much taken aback by the new layout (in a good way): No surprise, the biggest layout was taken by the NIV, with 4 display units along the back wall, which [...]
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The amplified woman
No, I’m not talking about Joyce Meyer. In the comments to Rick Mansfield’s missive on the rising fortunes of the NLT translation, there was an interesting side discussion about the Amplified Bible, which is seemingly unique in its effort to catch the range of functional meanings of a passage through the use of multiple renderings [...]
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The business of Bibles
Kevin O’Brien has written a thoughtful article on the business of Bible publishing, especially related to the market opportunity of “niche” Bibles. He describes the various factors of “can we?” vs. “should we?” when it comes to making publishing decisions. I’m far too familiar with Kevin’s dilemnas, having spent almost 10 years in the software [...]
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Just a quick note about the NLTSB…
First, a huge “thank you” to the team at Tyndale for providing me with a review copy of the NLT Study Bible (NLTSB) to look at and post about. The package arrived Friday afternoon just as we were finishing up packing for a weekend away with friends in northern Minnesota. Needless to say, my planned [...]
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NLT Study Bible: focusing on historical context
Sean Harrison has written a short post on the NLT Study Bible blog about “How is the NLT Study Bible Different?” In it, he makes statements that are music to my ears: Basically, the NLT Study Bible focuses on the meaning and message of the text as understood in and through the original historical context. [...]
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First look: Oxford Complete Parallel Bible
With a mighty swipe, I’ve managed to replace several reference texts on my Bible bookshelf with a single volume. How’s that? With the addition of an edition that’s been out of print for a while, but still shows up at a reasonable price from time to time through online vendors like Amazon. I’m speaking of [...]
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Oxford University Press and the ESV Apocrypha
According to Amazon.com and Christianbook.com, the English Standard Version (ESV) with Apocrypha edition will be published by Oxford University Press on February 1, 2009: The English Standard Version Bible captures as far as possible the precise wording of the original biblical text and the personal style of each Bible writer, while taking into account differences [...]
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Ezekiel redux: NLT vs. ESV study Bibles