"The Bible has been changed so many times, how do we know we can
trust it!"
"There are so many different versions of the Bible, which one is
God's word?!"
Have you ever heard and tried to answer these questions? Rose
Publishing has produced a great resource to help you provide solid
answers to these honest concerns people sometimes ask. The Bible
Translations Comparison pamphlet is a beautiful and extremely well
done quick reference guide to all of the major English Bible
translations. Rose goes to great lengths to help the reader
understand all the basic information about how different
translations draw from different Hebrew and Greek texts. You will
learn 16 key terms that are helpful to familiarize yourself with so
you can navigate the terrain of Bible translation. I thoroughly
enjoyed how Rose set 20 different Bible translations side by side
and explained the background behind each translating group's
philosophy, dates of when the translating work was done, what the
goal(s) of the translators was, one or two interesting facts about
the peculiar translations and even what educational grade level
each translation was geared for. The pamphlet also devotes an
entire page to the three most common Greek texts that translators
have to work with - The Textus Receptus, the Westcott-Hort and the
Nestle-Aland UBS texts. This quick overview of the nuts and bolts
of our current collection of English Bible's and paraphrases is a
great tool to have handy next time you're talking with a friend
about this subject. I highly recommend it to you.
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(I was provided a copy of this pamphlet from Rose Publishing for a
free, unbiased, honest review.)--Paul Dare (9/20/2011 12:00:00 AM)
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