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  • From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • To: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 3:15 "bruise"
  • Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:07:49 -0500

At 11:09 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote:

This is NOT a paraphrase, in the technical sense. The New Living Translation is explicitly a translation from the original languages, and as such differs from the Living Bible which was a paraphrase, i.e. an adaptation within the same language, of the American Standard Bible.

It is indeed a paraphrase in the correct meaning of the word- here is their own description:

The challenge for the translators was to create a text that would make the same impact in the life of modern readers that the original text had for the original readers. In the New Living Translation, this is accomplished by translating entire thoughts (rather than just words) into natural, everyday English.

Note- the bold prinit is their own emphasis- they don't render words but "entire thoughts" - i.e., they paraphrase.

Jim


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