‘Comics guy’ sets his sights on scholarly translation of the Bible

Freeware Bible Blog ^ | February 2, 2009 | Jeff Diamant

[Iscool]

Training for Bible scholars typically includes many years of studying ancient languages like Hebrew, Aramaic and classical Greek, and involves study of whether translations should be verbatim or “thought for thought” so passages can be better understood by modern readers

God will be very happy...God said He would preserve His word forever...And finally, after thousands of years and hundreds of translations, God found someone who can get it right...

Genesis in the King James Version starts out,
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth,”
whereas Jemas’s translation begins,
“In principles the powers that be the universe conceive …”

Well let's see here...Which one is easier to undestand in the modern language???

And which one removes God from the bible??? What we have here is another anti-Christ...

[NicknamedBob]

Didn’t you do this in “Reaction!?”

Okay, I have finally toggled to what you meant.

"Before his arrival, Marvel faced a declining, aging fan base for its superheroes, who themselves had aged in storylines going back decades. Jemas pressed what became a financially lucrative effort to reimagine the superheroes as youngsters again, only with modern trappings."

Yes, I re-imaged my alter-ego central protagonist as a youngster again. It gave him a whole new set of problems to deal with, even though he still remembered his former life.

It gave me a chance to mull over the notions of life, death, and the possession of a soul.

That book, however, and the Bible, should never be on the same thread!

(Besides, she didn't walk on the water. She walked on the soap suds, slightly mashing them down before they sprang up again after her passage.)

[zot]

he wants readers to consider the possibility that decisions of past English translators are not sacrosanct.

I agree with this idea.

[a fool in paradise]

...the bottom-up idea, which he said he believes, that “God is the contribution of all of us.”

The word of God is whatever he wants it to mean. It's like shake N' bake chicken I guess - "An' Ah Helped!"

[onedoug]

There are many Hebrew translations already extant within Judaism. It’s hard to think that what he’ll find is new.

[Marathoner]

Enough already. Instead of buying the latest English translation, English-speaking Christians should consider using that money for mission groups that are translating into languages that don’t have a Bible yet.

I am in total agreement. With a plethora of English translations already available, where is there any need for another one?

Someday I fear having to give account to the Lord about why I wasn't more concerned for those people in the world that have no Bible.