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Truth In Translation... why the Bible translation you use matters
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"So the first question you should ask anyone who claims to have the credentials to speak about the translation of the New Testament is: Do you know how to read Koine Greek? If not, then you have no basis to render an opinion, other than to rely on other people who do read Koine Greek. If we Greek readers disagree among ourselves, then you must examine our arguments and evidence and decide who has the better case."
Also from the Intro.
The book will challenge you in ways that'll make you think twice about translation process itself and the particular "favorite" translation you gravitate towards.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23801109 Then comes in the issue of those the Publish, Author, compile the Greek into English translation cross lexicons and dictionaries. It is not at all as simple as many would pre-suppose. There are extremely few people world wide who have Kione Greek as their first tongue and language.. in fact most likely absolutely none. Of course the same can be said with Old Biblical Hebrew. And yes, those that deal with the Hebrew and Kione Greek, even they have disagreements amongst themselves what those older texts have to say. It is by Faith .. and nothing more.. by faith. Faith is definitely an important factor. Like the author put so well.. the evidence and arguments presented should help "the rest of us" - the common non-scholarly folk - think and decide for ourselves if the facts regarding what's being presented/discussed make sense and is worth our consideration. One of the things brought out that I learned after reading this book is that many people aren't willing to use this common sense and reasonable approach... rather, they fall into the trap of emotion... something that's admittedly hard to leave out... but when one is able to do so it sure helps us to see things clearer.
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