[Uucf-bible] bible translations

[Jim Tarvid]

I prefer the original.

I also read a New Living Translation primarily because the print is larger
and and it does not have notes.

I find no fault with any translation. All the translators are much more
talented at that task than I.

But now for a confession.

I still regard the Christian Bible as a sacred text but not the only sacred
text.

I think it was written post exile incorporating aural traditions (Brian
Peckham's thesis).

I think it is a broken history of a broken people written by broken authors,


But I still love it.

Jim  Tarvid

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:52 PM, <rjrosen1 at verizon.net> wrote:

>   Jim T. wrote: " I still find the KJV an improvement over all of its
>   successors."
>
>   How do you feel about the NKJV?
>
>   Richard
>
>   Richard J. Rosen
>   Brier, WA
>
>   Nov 11, 2008 12:57:27 PM, uucf-bible at lists.uua.org wrote:
>
>     I do my research with
>
>     http://www.crosswire.org/index.jsp
>
>     Being averse to the commercial nature of most recent translations I
>     suffer
>
>     http://ebible.org/ The mp3s are tolerable
>
>     I find YLT useful at times. The dissonance often points to translation
>     issues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young's_Literal_Translation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%27s_Literal_Translation>
>
>     I have been thrashed with arguments about the Textus Receptus most
> often
>     in
>     regard to Isaiah 61:1 and Jesus reading at Nazareth. I still find the
>     KJV an
>     improvement over all of its successors.
>
>     Jim
>
>     On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Stephen Cook
>      <STEPHENMICHAELCOOK at MAC.COM>wrote:
>
>     > Hello All,
>     >
>     > I hate to add little more than a "me too" to this excellent listing
> of
>     > sources on biblical translations and versions, but it is admirably
>     > complete. Certainly, for professionals and serious students, several
>     > different versions are required, with an interlinear translation from
>     > the originals near at hand. I have often recommended the Oxford
>     > Annotated RSV or NRSV to the beginner who wants only a good place to
>     > start and a minimum purchase price.
>     >
>     > What a joy to see the wealth of knowledge and background in Holy
>     > Scripture reflected in these brief exchanges. I felt pretty lonely,
> at
>     > times, trying to carry on discussions like this with colleagues or
> lay
>     > people back in the 80's.
>     >
>     > In faith,
>     >
>     > Steve Cook
>     > Unitarian Society of
>     > Northampton and Florence, MA
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