Of all the Recent NIV Posts…

This one is my favorite: (T)NIV[i] 2011

Craig Blomberg, Gender, and James 3

Craig Blomberg has written about James 3, making a strong case for the translation of ἀδέλφοι should be translated as “brothers and sisters.” One of many highlights: Shouldn’t we still err on the side of a conservative translation if there is any reasonable doubt that James had both genders in mind. Isn’t that part of [...]

Quote of the Day

I went back to re-read an article by Mark Strauss this evening and I came across a paragraph that I had forgotten about. This was pretty humorous and it made both my wife and I laugh (my emphasis): Ironically, P&G [Poythress & Grudem] inadvertently demonstrate the potential confusion of using masculine terms when they themselves [...]

A Reader’s Greek New Testament 2nd Edition: Review

A Reader’s Greek New Testament, 2nd Edition Editors: Richard J. Goodrich; Albert L. Lukaszewski Leather Bound: 576 pages Publisher: Zondervan Language: English ISBN-10: 0310273781 ISBN-13: 978-0310273783 Amazon CBD Eisenbrauns Dove Booksellers My thanks must go to Nick Norelli who was kind enough to share a copy of this with me along with a number of [...]

TNIV OT

I like the fact that the TNIV takes more seriously the LXX and the Dead Sea Scroll than the NIV did. That might have to do with the fact that so much work on Old Testament Textual Criticism has been done since the 80′s.

Thoughts on my NIV/TNIV series

I finally put up the last of my posts examining the different between the NIV and the TNIV in the Old Testament. Its been nearly a year since I last posted on this project. The fact is that is rather time consuming to do. I do plan on completing the series, but I’m not sure [...]

NIV / TNIV – The Minor Prophets

After a very long break (nearly a year), I’ve decided that I need to complete this series. What follows then, is a comparison of the Minor Prophets – Hosea through Malachi. Let’s take a look at the stats: Total Change from the NIV to the TNIV: 4.7% Hosea: 3.8% Joel: 3.1% Amos 3.8% Obadiah 1.6% [...]

An Incomplete & Neglected Series

I decided to pick up my NIV/TNIV comparison series again. Its been way too long and its time to begin again. I’ll put up the Minor Prophets by the end of this week. There are some very interesting changes in the Minor Prophets, even though it’ll be a long post, I’d encourage you to just [...]

A Few Thoughts on the Translation Debate

What follows are mainly some thoughts I’ve had about terminology and also the way certain argument for and against different views are formed. Often times “Dynamic” translations are viewed as dumbed down. This is often on the basis that their reading level is lower than the more “literal” translations. But could it be that often [...]

Ephesians 4.17-19

[11] And he gifted some to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors and teachers [12] for the effective training of God’s people – toward building up Christ’s body [13] until we all attain unity in faith and knowledge of the Son of God and until we reach completion – the standard of maturity that is [...]