Choosing a Bible Understanding Bible Translation Differences

Name: Choosing a Bible Understanding Bible Translation Differences
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ISBN: 9781581347302

ISBN-10: 1581347308

ISBN-13: 9781581347302

Edition: 2005

Authors: Leland Ryken

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In this booklet, adapted from his book The Word of God in English, Leland Ryken examines the principles that make for reliable English Bible translation and looks at common translation fallacies. Asserting that Bible translations should be essentially literal, he puts forward a standard by which Christians can evaluate and compare contemporary Bible translations.

Book details

Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Crossway
Publication date: 5/16/2005
Binding: Book, Other
Pages: 32
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.14" tall
Weight: 0.110




How Do Bible Translations Differ from Each Other?



The Goal of Bible Translation



Thought-for-Thought or Word-for-Word?



Five Negative Effects of Dynamic Equivalence



Taking Liberties in Translation



Destabilization of the Text



What the Bible "Means" vs. What the Bible Says



Falling Short of What We Should Expect



A Logical and Linguistic Impossibility



Ten Reasons We Can Trust Essentially Literal Bible Translations



Transparency to the Original



Keeping to the Essential Task of Translation



Preserving the Full Interpretive Potential of the Original



Not Mixing Commentary with Translation



Preserving Theological Precision



Not Needing to Correct the Translation in Preaching



Preserving What the Biblical Writers Actually Wrote



Preserving the Literary Qualities of the Bible



Preserving the Dignity and Beauty of the Bible



Consistency with the Doctrine of Inspiration


Notes



Bible Translations Chart