To do this, they moved away from a simple revision of the Living Bible and created a new translation called the New Living Translation. The NIV is an original translation, meaning that more than biblical scholars started from scratch and returned to the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts to create an entirely new translation, instead of referencing an existing translation.
To create the translation, an estimated 90 Biblical scholars worked independently, either correcting the Living Bible or returning to the original texts to create new translations.
Their work was combined to create an edition that joined the new translations with the revised Living Bible. Currently, a second edition is available for both translations. The goal was to add clarity to the text. Today he is ready to save you. The NLT has pruned away the most flagrant parts of Taylor's interpretation, such as the phrase "when the doors of welcome were wide open. The Arminian obsession with "free will" and "choice" may be seen in many places throughout the NLT, which injects libertarian buzzwords like "free," "freedom," "choice," and "choose" into verses quite gratuitously, often in ways that vitiate the teaching of the original text.
Paul's expression "you are under grace" is meant to express the condition of those who are under the compelling influence of God's sanctifying grace, not a condition of "freedom," as one can plainly see in the verses that follow.
Another example of this tendency may be seen in Proverbs , where the NLT reads, "Teach your children to choose the right path. On the contrary, the whole point of this saying is that the way should not be left to choice or chance, but instilled by careful and early training. Morality must be a habit formed by careful inculcation, so that it becomes second nature. This is the way to insure that "even when he is old he will not turn aside from it," as the second half of the proverb goes.
The proverb really excludes the idea that moral character is a matter of "choice. This rendering, which also derives from Taylor, expresses something very different from the Hebrew. We do not suppose that Taylor or the NLT revisers of his work consciously chose to inject their theology into the version.
Nor do we doubt that they sincerely wished to make the Bible easy to understand. We prefer to say that, under the license of "dynamic equivalence," they have failed to practice self-restraint, and have ended up presenting their own theological notions as the inspired word of God.
Aside from any theological bent, the NLT presents numerous questionable and even peculiar interpretations. These are apparently designed to prevent the reader from misunderstanding the text where a literal rendering would leave room from misinterpretation, but in many cases they are more meddlesome than helpful.
For example, Matthew Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you give you will be judged. Stop judging others, and you will not be judged.
For others will treat you as you treat them. For others will treat you as you treat them". But this is very strange. Is not the meaning rather, as in the Good News Bible, "do not judge others so that God will not judge you. For God will judge you in the same way you judge others"? We naturally think of this in relation to the teaching in the previous chapter, "if you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you" The NLT adds a footnote here giving the alternative interpretation, but obviously the literal rendering leads to no confusion or misinterpretation.
It would have been better to give a literal rendering and allow the reader to interpret. Further comments on specific renderings in the New Living Translation are given in the article on Dynamic Equivalence. There may be a place for this version in the education of children, but we conclude that it is not suitable for use by adults in the Church.
The version carries over too much of the unsound paraphrasing of the Living Bible. The attempt to provide a blanket justification for this paraphrasing by calling it "dynamic equivalence" is a mere fig leaf, as Poythress aptly calls it. It was a mistake to have used such a problematic version as the basis of the NLT to begin with.
The "reviewers" would have done much better, no doubt, if they had produced a fresh translation. In addition, there obviously has been a good deal of editorial meddling for non-scholarly reasons, in connection with the "inclusive language" and other things.
Moreover, even if we were to grant that dynamic equivalence is the best method to use in translating the Bible which we do not , we find that other versions have made a much more successful application of its principles at every point where we have compared them with the NLT.
Finally, we note that Craig L. Blomberg of Denver Seminary, who was a reviewer for the NLT's Gospel according to Matthew, has explicitly stated that this version is not suitable as a regular Bible for adults.
Responding to criticism of the NLT, Blomberg explained that the version is for "kids or very poor adult readers," and he suggested that readers of the NLT should move on to a more accurate version when they are able:. I relished the chance to work on the NLT New Living Translation team to convert the LBP into a truly dynamic-equivalent translation, but I never recommend it to anyone except to supplement the reading of a more literal translation to generate freshness and new insights, unless they are kids or very poor adult readers.
My sixteen- and twelve-year old daughters have been weaned on the NLT and have loved it, but both already on their own are now frequently turning to the NIV. A major revision of the New Living Translation —called the New Living Translation second edition —was published in The text of the revised edition is much more literal than that of the first, and several of the problems noted in the foregoing review have been corrected.
He worked with two other scholars on translating the Old Testament book of Exodus. Ninety scholars served as Greek, Aramaic, or Hebrew translators. With other scholars serving as reviewers, the team for the New Living Translation included over top biblical experts. Bergen was asked to serve as a translator for the NLT because he is known throughout the country for his dissertation on Hebrew Discourse Linguistics, discourse analysis computer program, and papers on the Hebrew in Exodus.
He has presented these studies at meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Evangelical Theological Society. He also holds a Ph. Many people are familiar with the Living Bible a paraphrase which Ken Taylor published in It is a combination of several works Taylor wrote to convey messages of the Bible in an easily understood manner.
Though the Living Bible has been effective in communicating many biblical truths, the paraphrase contains inaccuracies and is not sold by some Bible retailers.
Every book of the NLT was reviewed by three or four people, then rated in the areas of accuracy and clarity. Because of the extensive efforts of world-class Bible scholars, the NLT is the most expensive translation project in the history of Bible translation.
Some of the inaccuracies in the original Living Bible are found in lists which do not agree. For example, Exodus and Exodus contain a list of stones. In the Hebrew text, the words in each list are identical, but in Taylor's translation, they differ.
In addition to some inconsistencies, the Living Bible also contains biases because it was one person's interpretation. The NLT is predicted to be a success primarily because it will not have such theological slants. According to Bergen, having a team of scholars helped the translation to have less bias and more accuracy. One example of the clarification the NLT attempts to provide is found in Exodus Other issues addressed by NLT translators were that of God's name and gender issues.
Bergen and other scholars chose to use "Yahweh" in place of "the Lord" when it was necessary. The trend for contemporary versions of the Bible is to change gender specifications. Where the Bible in its original language would use "man" in a generic sense, modern translations use "humanity" or "people. Bergen said it was a privilege to work with scholars of the highest caliber on this project. He added, "It was a challenge to create a text that reproduced both the emotions and insight that the original Hebrew text produced.
The New Living Translation of the Bible will be released this month in a basic text-only format. All will be priced comparably with other versions. The Tyndale House Publishers state, "We believe that this new translation, which combines the latest in scholarship with the best in translation style, will speak to your heart. We present the New Living Translation with the prayer that God will use it to speak His timeless truth to the church and to the world in a fresh, new way.
One afternoon I was in my room, studying the Bible in preparation for leading the weekly student meeting that evening. I found myself baffled about the meaning of a chapter in Ephesians, on which I had been asked to speak.
I read the chapter several times, without much comprehension. Then I read it slowly, a verse at a time, with no better results. I could understand the words, of course, but I just could not understand the significance of the teaching or make any useful application to my life or the lives of the students.
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