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<blockquote data-quote="jmden" data-source="post: 350620" data-attributes="member: 1742"><p>Well said, again. </p><p> </p><p>We must be careful to clearly understand the philosophy of those behind the translation and the reason they are taking on the work of a translation as some part of this philosphy will come through whether the philosophy is to be as literally accurate to the original Hebrew and Greek or to make it more understandable to our current language set, or to make it fit with the current thinking of the modern culture, etc. The latter being a very dangerous thing. </p><p> </p><p>There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that current versions like the English Standard Version (ESV) or New International Version (NIV) are more accurate that some older versions (the ESV particularly putting emphasis on more exact translation from the original) such as the KJV only due to the fact that the current body of research and evidence, properly handled, is much greater and growing and from a wider number of carefully compared manuscripts with a greater degree of understanding than when the KJV was translated. So, I do not believe that, too much effort or stock on the whole, should be put into the KJV vs. other versions argument. Others will disagree, but I do not believe it should be a central tenent of Christian apologetics--defense of the faith. </p><p> </p><p>I've been through these arguments and books on the subjedt before and have seen my father deal with these issues in his churches over the years. It's a interesting discussion, but no hill to die on.</p><p> </p><p>Regardless, these versions mentioned are 99.9% in agreement and and vary only in very minor areas of language translation, the central tenets of belief being 100% aligned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmden, post: 350620, member: 1742"] Well said, again. We must be careful to clearly understand the philosophy of those behind the translation and the reason they are taking on the work of a translation as some part of this philosphy will come through whether the philosophy is to be as literally accurate to the original Hebrew and Greek or to make it more understandable to our current language set, or to make it fit with the current thinking of the modern culture, etc. The latter being a very dangerous thing. There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that current versions like the English Standard Version (ESV) or New International Version (NIV) are more accurate that some older versions (the ESV particularly putting emphasis on more exact translation from the original) such as the KJV only due to the fact that the current body of research and evidence, properly handled, is much greater and growing and from a wider number of carefully compared manuscripts with a greater degree of understanding than when the KJV was translated. So, I do not believe that, too much effort or stock on the whole, should be put into the KJV vs. other versions argument. Others will disagree, but I do not believe it should be a central tenent of Christian apologetics--defense of the faith. I've been through these arguments and books on the subjedt before and have seen my father deal with these issues in his churches over the years. It's a interesting discussion, but no hill to die on. Regardless, these versions mentioned are 99.9% in agreement and and vary only in very minor areas of language translation, the central tenets of belief being 100% aligned. [/QUOTE]
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