Bill Mounce demonstrates the considerations of nuance that are involved when a literal translation may not always provide the best understanding of the meaning of the text. Would you go do to the wharves and try to attract the attention of a group of fisherman by addressing them as ‘children’? So what did Jesus mean …
In the year that the KJV turns 400 the Common English Bible will be published. You can read all about those behind its production and publishing at the website. It seems that the less conservative neighborhood of the US church want a translation that won’t have them paying royalties to Rupert Murdoch or conservative evangelicals …
KJV stands for King James Version (of the Bible) and last Friday night at mgpc we watched the DVD ‘KJV – The Book That Changed The World.’ It’s a very good presentation. Extensive dramatic period reenactment is mixed with insightful commentary from historians and bound together by the sublime narration of presenter, actor John Rhys-Davies. …
Yoda weighs in on the KJV debate. (And having made it to 900, he should know.)
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