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Subject: Re: You gotta be kidding.....
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Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 12:35:42 EST
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In response to Dave's response where he says he likes the RSV.....

Actually, if what you want is faithfulness to the original, then most
scholars today would tell you to get one of the following three:

	1.  New American Standard Version.  This is a revision/retranslation
		of the RSV done about 1970 by the Lockman foundation,
		a non-denominational (inter-denom.?) group founded
		expressly for this purpose (or so I understand).  It,
		like each of the following two, makes use of manuscripts
		not yet known at the time of the RSV work (1880-1901).
		(i.e. Dead Sea Scrolls)

	2.  New International Version.  This is a translation completed
		about 3 years ago, again by an inter (or non) denominational
		group.  While the NASV retains the RSV/KJV type grammer,
		the NIV reads more like Ken Taylor's Living Bible.  It is
		reputedly very faithful to the oldest known manuscripts,
		but reads too colloquially for my taste.

	3.  New English Version.  I am not real familiar with the NEV, but
		I understand it is an excellant translation, but tends to
		use British wordings and phrasology.  Possibly related to the
		NIV the same way the RSV-1883 is related to the RSV-1901
		(aka American Statndard Version, because it is merely the
		wordings preferred by the American members of the RSV-1883
		translation team).

Comments, rebuttals, etc., welcome.  Advocates of the Douay, KJV, or other
translations based primarily on the Latin Vulgate should take a linguistics
course before replying.

                Don Stanwyck            ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck

(NOTE:  The Thompson Chain Reference Edition has a fair description of the
	origin of most of the translations up to the 1901-RSV.  Many books
	are available on this subject at your local library, your local
	church library, or your local Bible/book store.)