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1 | Did the Amplified come from Wescott and | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 2599 | ||
The Amplified Bible is the fruition of the life work of Frances Siewert who died in 1967 at the ripe old age of 86. This woman had a keen interest in the Scriptures and devoted her life to the study of Biblical languages, customs, archeology of the Holy Land and so forth. I am not aware that the Amplfied is a knock-off of ASV, NASB, or any other version. Having just now re-read the introduction to this translation, I get the real sense that she tended to be eclectic in her sources. Anyone with but a nodding aquaintance with the Amplified could likely be persuaded that Frances in all probability owned a well-worn Roget's. The Lockman Foundation set up an editorial board to carefully review Mrs. Siewert's work and, in a joint effort with Zondervan Publishing House, issued the Amplified New Testament in 1958, the one-volume Amplified Bible in 1965. I find the Amplified useful in aiding in the clarification of a troublesome locution here and there, but I find it ponderous to read large portions of it at one sitting. It hardly lends itself to public reading. In summation, it can be fairly noted that this work is, in the main, the work of one person, albeit with a little help from her friends. There are those, I among them, who feel uncomfortable with any translation so conceived and executed. Sorry I couldn't speak more to your point, but I hope this helps a little. | ||||||
2 | Did the Amplified come from Wescott and | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 2609 | ||
I return with egg on my face! The textual base for the Amplified New Testament is indeed Westcott-Hort, which was the standard of the time in which Mrs. Siewert did her work. This fact was not in the introduction to the Amplified, but I did further research on-line and found it. In your question you also raised the issue of Westcott-Hort's reliability. There is ample variety of opinion among Bible scholars on this point. This much appears certain: The Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament of 1881 represented the signal departure from the Textus Receptus (Received Text), which formed the textual base for the Authorized, or King James Version. Understandably this departure creatured quite a stir, particularly among dedicated adherents to the King James Version. This debate is alive and well today, especially in the camp of those who hold that the KJV is the only truly reliable Bible extant. I am emphatically not a bird of this feather, but neither do I wish to engage in any debate on the subject. On the other hand, there are those who are more benign toward Westcott-Hort, among whom is Bruce Metzger, deemed by his peers one of the most influential of modern textual critics. By the way, if you'd like more on the Westcott and Hort subject, go to one of the search engines (I used Yahoo) and type in "Westcott and Hort." You'll probably get more information than you really wanted to know! | ||||||