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Henry Neufeld is a writer and lecturer and owner of Energion Publications.
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Tag Archives: ESV
Textual Emendation in Isaiah 49:7
The JPS Tanakh of Isaiah 49:7 reads, in part: Thus said the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, b-To the despised one, To the abhorred nations,-b . . . Note b reads: Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Passages, Bible Translation, Lectionary
Tagged ESV, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, REB, textual criticism, textual emendation
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Nelson Study Bible Note Problems
I’m not going to link to a specific edition on this, because there is no ISBN in the edition from which I’m working. It appears to be a match for this item on Amazon.com, and to be essentially the same … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study Method, Bible Study Tools, Bible Versions, Lectionary
Tagged Bible Versions, ESV, HCSB, Lectionary, NKJV, NRSV, REB
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RUSETAI in 2 Corinthians 1:10
This is not a seriously doubtful textual issue, but I wanted to make a brief summary and comment on it, because it can help illustrate the interaction between internal and external evidence in a case where the two point in … Continue reading
Literal Nonsense – the HCSB of 2 Corinthians 8:11-12
I’m doing some studying in 2 Corinthians right now, and I encountered the following translation while reading it through in the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB): 11But now finish the task as well, that just as there was eagerness to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Translation, Bible Versions
Tagged dynamic equivalence, ESV, formal equivalence, HCSB, NLT
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Capitalization as a Translation Issue in the Hebrew Scriptures
In my ratings for the Bible Version Selection Tool, one of the areas on which I compare translations is capitalization of pronouns referring to God or to Jesus. The interesting thing about this is that the Hebrew text has no … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Translation, Bible Versions
Tagged ESV, HCSB, Isaiah, NKJV, servant songs
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Raymond Brown on Ambiguities and Literal Translation
After my comments earlier about Piper and the ESV, I found this comment by Raymond Brown in An Introduction to the New Testament: For the purpose of careful reading or study, which concerns us here, one must recognize that sometimes … Continue reading
Misunderstanding Translations
A friend drew my attention to this article on the ESV today, and I’m deeply disappointed in what I found there. I’m going to comment on some key difficulties with that article. But the author also links to this article … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Translation, Bible Versions
Tagged dynamic equivalence, ESV, formal equivalence, functional equivalence, NIV, paraphrase, TNIV, translation
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