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From: charles@rpi.edu (Charles K. Hurst)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Revelations, letter number 2
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Date: 9 Nov 90 05:26:57 GMT
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Well, summary almost says it all.  Robert, you say the Recovery Bible is
the most accurate translation of the bible.  I realize you are busy expounding
upon Revelations 19-21 right now, but I was hoping you could answer a quick
question or two of mine on this bible.  From sources I have, primarily material
written by Josh McDowell, The NASV is the most current and accurate translation
of the bible.  Please give some of us out here a brief history and background
of the Recovery Bible and why you feel it is the most accurate translation.
Also, if anyone out there in netland has additional info about Recovery Bible,
that is fairly accurate, please post it if you want to!  

Thanks-in-Advance,
	Charles K. Hurst
	charles@rpi.edu

[The attempt to identify "the most accurate translation" is futile.
It is never possible to get an exact translation of a document from a
very different culture and language.  Thus there are a number of
different approaches, each of which shed their light.  They vary from
literal, word for word translations -- which are probably of most use
when you are working through a commentary that comments of features of
the Hebrew and Greek texts -- to "dynamic equivalence" translations
that often illuminate figures of speech and other features that are
not visible at all in the literal translations.  Most translations are
some compromise between the two.  The NASV comes very near to being
completely word for word.  Although it is based on fairly recent
scholarship, there is now a generation of translations that make
somewhat more use of early papyrii.  --clh]