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Title: The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions by Bruce Manning Metzger ISBN: 0-8010-2282-7 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A survey of Bible translations
Comment: As it would be expected the NRSV comes across in the best light, but out side of that his comments on various translations are very good. It is good reading and not all that technical, useful to get an idea of the versions that are available and the strength and weakness of each one. Bruce Metzger is a person one can trust on this issue.
I would tell folks to read this book if they are having Bible translation overload.
Rating: 5
Summary: Enjoyable Read of Translation of Bible into English
Comment: Noteworthy, easy-to-read history of translation of Bible into English, beginning with Ancient Versions which have an affect on the English translations to come. Here he explores such efforts as the Coptic, Georgian, Sogdian and Nubian Versions.
Amazing is the fact that before movable type in printing, there were only 33 languages with any Bible translated. In the 19th century alone, over 400 languages received Bible translations.
Then he goes in depth into English translations, with especially attention given to the King James of 1611 fame, and those that preceded and influenced it so greatly. This fact is typically forgotten or severely deemphasized by the "King James Only" crowd. Witness this extraordianty statement: "It (Tyndale's) became, in fact, a foundation for all subsequent efforts of revision, so much so that 30 percent or more of the English Bible down through the Revised Versions has been estimated to be his in those portions of the Bible on which he had worked with such skill and devotion."
Metzger writes with the simplicity, clarity and passion coming from an authority who has worked with Biblical translation during his life. He simplifies, clarifies, and presents his esteemed opinions with grace and support.
This book will help the serious Bible student to understand more realistically the problems presented to the translator of Scriptures from the original languages.
Highly recommmended to all who want to understand the breath, depth and critique of English Bible translations.
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Title: The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance by Bruce Manning Metzger ISBN: 0198269544 Publisher: Clarendon Pr Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The King James Only Controversy: Can You Trust the Modern Translations? by James R. White ISBN: 1556615752 Publisher: Bethany House Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Essential Guide to Bible Versions by Phillip W., Phd Comfort, Philip W. Comfort ISBN: 084233484X Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: The Canon Debate by Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders ISBN: 1565635175 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration by Bruce Manning Metzger, Bruce M. Metger ISBN: 0195072979 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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