The Lord's Prayer is in perpetual error
Read Kevin Sam's post and see if you agree: The Lord's Prayer is in perpetual error
View ArticleWhat does the Lord's Prayer mean?
As David has just pointed out, there is a post about an error in the Lord’s Prayer at New Epistles. I commented on that “error” there, but I think that the issue warrants a posting here.The problem...
View ArticleIn the beginning was the Dao
I found a comment at ThinkChristian quite interesting relating to the recent difficulties of using the New Chinese Version of the Bible: The gospel has grown in cities, not villages and as these...
View ArticleESV Study Bible interview
Trevin Wax interviews Justin Taylor about how the ESV Study Bible was produced.HT: James Grant
View Articlehow to pray in contemporary English
Every Sunday in our church we recite the Lord's Prayer using words which no one in the church speaks or writes except during that prayer:Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom...
View ArticleNLT Study Bible, ESV Study Bible, and “Hanged On The Gallows” (Esther 2:23)
NLT Study Bible, ESV Study Bible, and “Hanged On The Gallows” (Esther 2:23)Posted using ShareThis
View ArticleNLT Study Bible, ESV Study Bible, and “The Last Days” (Isaiah 2:2)
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View ArticleThe most significant version of the Bible today
You may be surprised at the answer ElShaddai Edwards gives in his post. It is one of the English versions of the Bible available for sale today.
View ArticleOn The Message
As Wayne pointed out yesterday, El Shaddai Edwards has blogged about the significance of The Messagehere. I will not quibble about its impact at all. There is a parallel NIV/Message version sitting on...
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Better Bibles at Berkeley
I had a wonderful time at the UC Berkeley campus. In addition to meeting with several students from the School of Information who are doing research related to my interests I also got to meet a fellow...
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PopeBible and the Bible Bus and the KJV quadricentennial
Tim has mentioned the plans to read the entire Bible by the Catholics in one week. In addition I just heard about a plan by Zondervan to hand-write the entire NIV in celebration of the 30 year...
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Who’s endorsing the ESV?
internetmonk is being mischievous.See here: ESV Study Bible Product Placement Photos NeededAnd here: Exhibits for the LawsuitBut of course there is a serious point here. We rely on celebrity...
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Eye-popping Bible
What do you think about having Angelina Jolie on the cover of a Bible?“First published in Sweden last year, "Bible Illuminated: The Book" is the glossy fashion magazine-style publication that features...
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Still tinkering…
The process of getting the new BBB is still underway. There is a lot of behind the scenes work going on as well as discussion about how to make this blog even better. If you have not had a chance to...
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Your favorite post at BBB
We are still getting lots of great input from our readers on how to improve this well-loved blog. You can see a long string of suggestions (and leave your own) here: Tell us what you think!The results...
View ArticleAn outsider's view of a Bible controversy
It is somewhat unusual to find a view on a controversy related to Bible translations expressed by someone writes "I'm not a Christian", which goes beyond praise for the supposed literary excellence of...
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In hiding…
The new Better Bibles Blog is currently in hiding while we make some changes.We’ll let you know when you can have a peek.
View Articleparagraph translation
As my wife and I were nearing the end of the Cheyenne Bible translation project, we benefitted greatly from the insights of a translation consultant. One of her primary means of checking the Cheyenne...
View ArticleFaith does not come by hearing (Rom. 10:17) -- P.S.
I have withdrawn my post on this topic, due to some errors I made. Hopefully I can rescue the essential point of the original, revise it, and re-post it. The basic notion was correct that in English...
View ArticleFaith does not come by hearing (Rom. 10:17)
A number of English Bible versions translate Rom. 10:17 inappropriately, as, for instance:So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (KJV)So then faith does come from hearing, and...
View ArticleUpcoming ESV and NLT Study Bibles Review
John Hobbins has promised a full review of these two study Bibles. He gives a teaser of what we’ll be in for here: Upcoming Reviews on the ESV and NLT Study Bibles.I have found examples of running...
View ArticleShould translations run with puns?
Over at He is sufficient, ElShaddai observed the pun between cunning and naked in Genesis 3.He wrote (Cunning punning in Genesis 3):With this in mind, we might think about how a “Literary Equivalent”...
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2 puppies: Goodness and Mercy
Whenever we visit my father-in-law in his nursing home, we end our visit by saying Psalm 23 and the Lord's Prayer together. We all love the Shepherd psalm.My wife tells me that the Hebrew word for...
View ArticleMoving day: come visit our new blog home
We've been working hard behind the scenes to get our new home ready for you. Today we move from this home, which has many warm, good memories, to our new home, where we will build more good memories....
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