Comments on: Fresh New Biblical Scholarship http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/505 See what large letters I use as I write to you in my own hand. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: pentamom http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/505#comment-341 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/505#comment-341 Calling it a paraphrase is WAAAAY too generous. A paraphrase is a rendering that is free with the style while preserving all of the concepts. I can't believe the shamelessness of changing Mark 1 from saying that the Spirit actually came down, to saying that a bird came down and Jesus "took it as a sign." Exactly which scholar-vetted textual tradition does that come from? I mean I can believe it, but... I know, I know, even to focus on individual cases is to lose sight of the fact that this whole thing is an ugly joke, but, well, you know.... Calling it a paraphrase is WAAAAY too generous. A paraphrase is a rendering that is free with the style while preserving all of the concepts. I can’t believe the shamelessness of changing Mark 1 from saying that the Spirit actually came down, to saying that a bird came down and Jesus “took it as a sign.” Exactly which scholar-vetted textual tradition does that come from? I mean I can believe it, but…

I know, I know, even to focus on individual cases is to lose sight of the fact that this whole thing is an ugly joke, but, well, you know….

]]> by: Tim Berglund http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/505#comment-342 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/505#comment-342 I was thinking the same thing when I was using the word "paraphrase." It really isn't one. It's a different book. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0872260054/qid=1088443904/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-9970418-2339140?v=glance&s=books">Dr. Fegg's Encyclopedia Of All World Knowledge</a> was printed with a pretend errata card in the front. It said only, "Erratum: this is the wrong book." The One Translation might follow this lead. I was thinking the same thing when I was using the word “paraphrase.” It really isn’t one. It’s a different book.

Dr. Fegg’s Encyclopedia Of All World Knowledge was printed with a pretend errata card in the front. It said only, “Erratum: this is the wrong book.” The One Translation might follow this lead.

]]> by: TruePravda http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/505#comment-343 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/505#comment-343 <strong>Translation Misinformation</strong> Go read Tim Berglund's post on the new ONE translation of the New Testament, a version that promises a "'new, fresh and adventurous' translation of the early Christian scriptures...designed both for mature Christians and for those who have limited ... Translation Misinformation

Go read Tim Berglund’s post on the new ONE translation of the New Testament, a version that promises a “‘new, fresh and adventurous’ translation of the early Christian scriptures…designed both for mature Christians and for those who have limited …

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