[b-hebrew] NIV v' NWT translation policy

Read, James C K0434995 at kingston.ac.uk
Fri Nov 18 22:28:31 EST 2005


;-) lol

Very good Peter. He does have a point, though.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kirk [mailto:peter at qaya.org]
Sent: Sat 11/19/2005 12:27 AM
To: Read, James C
Cc: b-hebrew at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] NIV v' NWT translation policy
 
On 18/11/2005 23:33, Read, James C wrote:

> >I understand the method, which is legitimate for certain audiences. But,
> >I would consider a meaningless word or a transliteration more
> >appropriate than a word whose core meaning has components which are
> >quite inappropriate.
>
> I concur with the above.
>
For a translation taking this approach, see 
http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2005/11/announcing-perfectly-accurate-bible.html. 
I understand that the Hebrew Bible will also soon be available in this 
version. ;-)

-- 
Peter Kirk
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