Tag Archives: Readi

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, Point Counterpoint, Proper Distance, Quot, 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 [...]