Tag Archives: Point Counterpoint
- July 1, 2008
- Point; Counterpoint: Biblical Translation– also tagged Bible Translation, Biblical Authors, Biblical Scholars, Biblical Translation, Clauses, Contention, Grammatical Analysis, Human Nature, Legwork, Literal Translation, Motivations, Nasb, Nlv, Nrsv, 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 [...]