Tag Archives: Contention
- July 1, 2008
- Point; Counterpoint: Biblical Translation– also tagged Bible Translation, Biblical Authors, Biblical Scholars, Biblical Translation, Clauses, Grammatical Analysis, Human Nature, Legwork, Literal Translation, Motivations, Nasb, Nlv, Nrsv, Point Counterpoint, Proper Distance, Quot, Readi, Totality, Worldviews
This week’s "Point; Counterpoint" comes from Jim West and Richard A. Rhodes on Bible translation. West makes the contention that translations should be "woody" and goes so far as to say, "[they] are better because they maintain the proper distance between ourselves and the Biblical authors." Rhodes strongly disagrees with this sentiment in his reaction [...]
- February 13, 2008
- The Sanctity of Biblish.– also tagged Cev, Dereliction Of Duty, Divinity, Edgecomb, Exegesis, Holy Spirit, Idioms, Intimacy, John Hobbins, Keepers Of The Tradition, Laity, Linguistic Rules, Pastors, Pearls Before Swine, Roman Culture, Sacred Language, Sanctity, Translators, Vernacular
Should we hold Biblish as sacred? More importantly, do we hold Biblish as sacred? Over at He is Sufficient ElShaddai Edwards takes up this question in response to Kevin P. Edgecomb’s who argued the following in response to John Hobbins talking about the nature of the English used in the CEV and NLT.
Edgecomb [...]