New Living Translation
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How the New Living Translation Bible Surprised Me
On occassion I would look to BibleGateway for the Scripture I’m about to post to my FaceBook account. The New Living Translation (NLT) was the last Bible translation I last used, so it was still the “preferred”one. The Holman Christian Standard Bible was the version I had in mind But the Scripture passage I had in mind, Exodus 3:14-15, I… Continue reading
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Book Review: Science, Creation and the Bible by Carlson and Longman III
Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: IVP Academic (October 4, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0830838899 IVP Amazon.com WTS Books With many thanks to Adrianna and wonderful folks at IVP for this review copy of Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origin by Richard F. Carlson and Tremper Longman III. In their Introduction, Carlson and… Continue reading
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The NLT for Academic Study?
Some English Bible translations continue to frustrate me. drcheard Is the NLT suitable for academic study by general education college students? Your thoughts?30 minutes agovia Socialite.app Of course the NLT scores high on readability, and has also made some excellent gender decisions. But as far as an academic Bible for general education among college students goes, I… Continue reading
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Bishop N.T. Wright and The New Living Translation (NLT)
In many ways, the New Living Translation (NLT), which is built on the Kenneth Taylor’s Living Bible, fills a great void in the world of English Bible translations: it’s not too loose and not too rigid and wooden. But if one is sympathetic to a let’s say Bishop N.T. Wright and his reading of both… Continue reading
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What were the HCSB Translators Thinking?
Yesterday I was reading several English translations on 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 and found some humor in the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) rendering: 8 Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for languages, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 9 For we… Continue reading