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One Bible, Many Versions, by Rich Shields

March 16, 2013 – 6:29 pm

http://exegete77.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/one-bible-many-versions/

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joyful and happy survey

January 29, 2013 – 6:24 pm
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Why (Bible) translation matters

November 27, 2012 – 12:19 am

I have been skimming descriptions and reviews of the book Why Translation Matters, by literary translator Edith Grossman. I hope I can read Grossman’s book someday, because many of the things she advocates about translation ring true for me as a Bible translator. The first reviewer on the Amazon.com webpage for this book excerpts these […]

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doves or pigeons?

September 24, 2012 – 3:51 am

A commenter from The Wuggy Chronicles just asked in our Share section: I have been wondering why in many translations, “peristera” is translated as “dove” in John 1:32, but rendered “pigeon” in 2:14,16. An important layer of poetry is lost by using a different word there, so I’m curious about what tradeoffs motivated that (pretty […]

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theopneustos or theo pneustos?

August 7, 2012 – 9:40 pm

A BBB visitor has asked: Question: didn’t early Greek manuscripts eschew spaces between words? Yes, that Greek was written without spaces between words. How do we know that 2 Timothy 3:16 says “pasa graphe theopneustos” instead of “pasa graphe theo pneustos”? That last one would make the English translation something like “God inflates every writing”. […]

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Gender in translation

July 21, 2012 – 5:06 pm

Seminary president Rich Shields revisits the issue of translation of gender in English Bible versions. He discusses  how gender is translated in Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 8:4 and Hebrews 2:6 in four versions: NIV2011, ESV,  HCSB, and GW.

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Four Translations–Readability

July 16, 2012 – 5:01 pm

Rich Shields has just blogged about testing readability in four English Bible versions: NIV2011 ESV HCSB GW Rich invites our feedback to his test.

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latest Christian bookstore Bible sales

June 30, 2012 – 6:11 pm

Here are the latest figures for Bible sales in Christian bookstores. These figures do not include sales at amazon.com and other general book sales bookstores. Bible sales chart

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How much does God want to help us?

June 17, 2012 – 7:26 pm
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Does the Lord keep you?

June 13, 2012 – 4:09 pm

Numbers 6:24 is the beginning of one of the most beautiful benedictions in the Bible. Ministers often recite these verses as a blessing upon their congregations. The words have been set to music and I love to hear them sung. But I don’t know what one of the most important words in this benediction means. […]

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