RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
March 4, 2018 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2018 at 3:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The source content of any given translation is not and cannot be copyrighted. Any given translator is not, in compiling their NT, copyrighting the story of jesus. They are copyrighting their specific and noted translations, and any editorial material.
The reason the NIV is the standard is due to the overwhelming quality of it;s scholarship..and it's nature as a functional rather than formal or poetic translation. It makes many, many formal textual missions. Original language puns, for example. If somebody told you a greek joke...would you get it? So..they translate the message being communicated rather than a literally faithful recitation of the pun. This is the entire MO of a functional translation. They will omit and footnote any number of things that produce confusion rather than clarity of message.
The main gripe people have about it presently..no shit..boycots, is their decision to use too much gender nuetral language. Triggered the shit out of the evangelicals.
The reason the NIV is the standard is due to the overwhelming quality of it;s scholarship..and it's nature as a functional rather than formal or poetic translation. It makes many, many formal textual missions. Original language puns, for example. If somebody told you a greek joke...would you get it? So..they translate the message being communicated rather than a literally faithful recitation of the pun. This is the entire MO of a functional translation. They will omit and footnote any number of things that produce confusion rather than clarity of message.
The main gripe people have about it presently..no shit..boycots, is their decision to use too much gender nuetral language. Triggered the shit out of the evangelicals.
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