Written in view of the original texts by Christian spiritual director, Eugene Peterson, it is impressively conversational. No recent paraphrase, though, has been as popular and convincing as the Message.
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From the Cotton Patch Bible, which put Jesus’ stories in the context of the segregated South, to the Living Bible in everyone’s mid-century library, these Bibles were a great way of creating discussions and bringing Bible meaning into a new light. In the last century there were a number interesting paraphrases of Scripture. Interestingly, unlike a number of recent translations (NRSV, TNIV & NLT below), the ESV does not use gender-inclusive language when referring to people. The ESV has the distinction of creating a formal, yet very approachable translation for people in high school or college. The recently released English Standard Version (ESV) combines the poetry of the King James Bible and the literal phrasing of the NASB, but is still very much understandable and readable today. The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is literal like the NASB, but it is not as strict on word order, so is a little more readable. It is a great go-to Bible for studying Scripture seriously.
It sticks close to the text and tries to maintain word order, even if there are a few awkward phrases here or there. The New American Standard Bible (NASB) has been a popular choice of literal translations for a generation. Since there are different approaches and different versions, let’s explore some of them to help you make your choice. Instead, in those languages you might say “Comment allez vous?” or “Genki desu ka?” And if you translated that Japanese phrase literally into English, it would mean, “Are you feeling energetic and vigorous?” An odd thing to ask a person when you are getting on a bus. You know what I mean when I say, “What’s up?” But translate that into French or Japanese, and it doesn’t make any sense. The importance of this approach is to capture the essence of what is being said and describe it authentically in English.Įvery language is different. A more literal approach is helpful for studying Scripture when you don’t know the original languages-which is most of us!Ī dynamic equivalence approach isn’t translating word for word, but phrase for phrase or thought for thought. The literal translation seeks to translate word for word from the manuscripts. Mostly, there are two kinds of translations that sit on either end of a spectrum: literal and dynamic equivalent. One of the reasons there are so many choices is because there are different ways of approaching the translation of the ancient texts. So how do you find the right Bible for you when you are ready to ditch your grade three children’s Bible or move on from the dusty King James Bible your grandparents use to use? So many different sizes, features and translations-enough to dizzy the mind and discourage any soul searcher. Walk into a Christian bookstore and you are confronted by hundreds of choices. It has disappeared from the digital world, so I thought I’d post it again, slightly updated.įinding a Bible of your own can be a daunting task. I first wrote this article a few years ago for New Horizons, a feature for young people looking at Christian undergraduate education.
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