Which Bible?

[Aiza]

It is all about marketing! In Papua New Guinea and Tahiti, for example, the texts of the NT have been changed to describe Jesus, not as the "Bread of Life," for bread is not a staple there, but as the, "Sweet-Potato of Life!" Sales and Marketing, Sales and marketing!

That doesn't sound like a marketing thing, that sounds like a pretty straightforward translation to keep the spiritual meaning the same, even if the literal meaning is different. Of course then, you lose the connections to the Eucharist so I'd expect Catholic Bibles not to take that route.

We do this in English as well:

[Minimalist]

Concerning the KJV, New Testament scholar Dr. Bart Ehrman remarks:

…The King James Version is filled with places in which the translators rendered a Greek text derived ultimately from Erasmus's edition, which was based on a single twelfth-century manuscript that is one of the worst of the manuscripts that we now have available to us!…

…The King James was not given by God but was a translation by a group of scholars in the early seventeenth century who based their rendition on a faulty Greek text.

And fundies are shitting bricks everywhere..........

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

…The King James was not given by God but was a translation by a group of scholars in the early seventeenth century who based their rendition on a faulty Greek text.

Speaking of Bad Greek. Isn't the first Gospel that of Mark, whose Greek is pretty poor? Are not the other three Gospels largely lifted from Mark, with the Greek 'cleaned up'.?



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[michaelsherlock]

It is all about marketing! In Papua New Guinea and Tahiti, for example, the texts of the NT have been changed to describe Jesus, not as the "Bread of Life," for bread is not a staple there, but as the, "Sweet-Potato of Life!" Sales and Marketing, Sales and marketing!

That doesn't sound like a marketing thing, that sounds like a pretty straightforward translation to keep the spiritual meaning the same, even if the literal meaning is different. Of course then, you lose the connections to the Eucharist so I'd expect Catholic Bibles not to take that route.

We do this in English as well:

Researching and tayloring a product (Bible/Religion) to a target audience, to appeal specifically to them is called marketing.

[Aiza]

Speaking of Bad Greek. Isn't the first Gospel that of Mark, whose Greek is pretty poor? Are not the other three Gospels largely lifted from Mark, with the Greek 'cleaned up'.?

Mark does use a rough style in is Greek, the purposes of which are unknown.

Matthew and Luke both use Mark as a source: a little under half of Luke and a little over half of Matthew are shared in common with Mark. John is independent and does not use Mark as a source at all.

Researching and tayloring a product (Bible/Religion) to a target audience, to appeal specifically to them is called marketing.

Well no. Researching a culture to transmit as much meaning as possible in the words you choose is known as good translation. Marketing has to do with promotion and sales specifically. Some of the Bibles I showed in that diagram might require marketing, but most obscure Bible translations aren't done for profit.

[Minimalist]

Marketing has to do with promotion and sales specifically.

"God" is the greatest con game of all time. Marketers and used-car salesmen alike study their methods to fool the gullible.

[Angrboda]

Marketing has to do with promotion and sales specifically.

"God" is the greatest con game of all time. Marketers and used-car salesmen alike study their methods to fool the gullible.

“Deep within the heart of every evangelist lies the wreck of a car salesman.”

— H.L. Mencken

[michaelsherlock]

Speaking of Bad Greek. Isn't the first Gospel that of Mark, whose Greek is pretty poor? Are not the other three Gospels largely lifted from Mark, with the Greek 'cleaned up'.?

Mark does use a rough style in is Greek, the purposes of which are unknown.

Matthew and Luke both use Mark as a source: a little under half of Luke and a little over half of Matthew are shared in common with Mark. John is independent and does not use Mark as a source at all.

Researching and tayloring a product (Bible/Religion) to a target audience, to appeal specifically to them is called marketing.

Well no. Researching a culture to transmit as much meaning as possible in the words you choose is known as good translation. Marketing has to do with promotion and sales specifically. Some of the Bibles I showed in that diagram might require marketing, but most obscure Bible translations aren't done for profit.

I don't think you get it. No offense.