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1 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 2493 | ||
Thanks, LB Lamb, for your response. Your points of view on translations are interesting, although I must confess I'd never really thought much along the paths that your views lead me except your rejection for obvious reasons some of the less-than-orthodox versions. Holman is listed as a non-profit organization and would hardly come under the category of commerical publishers. The translation team of this Bible, some 80 in number, are half of them Baptists and half of various other communions. It seems to me, with all respect, that your criterion of rejecting a transalation that is "developed and editorially controlled primarily by denominations" would leave the Authorized Version out, because it was most assuredly a product of and for the Anglican (Church of England) communion. The name of the publication is Holman Christian Standard Bible, not Holman Baptist Bible. As with any new translation, I opt to reserve my vote until I've had ample opportunity to examine it thoroughly and carefully. For a project of this magnitude which is projected to cost some 10 to 12 million dollars, I believe it only fair to give them a chance to prove their stuff. Public acceptance of a new translation has historically been a slow process, and that's good. It took the King James Version fifty years to find its place in the sun. | ||||||
2 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | PNLamb | 2664 | ||
For Bible study and reading I usually use the NASB, NIV, and AMPLIFIED. In regard to the KJV (Authorized Version): The version available today is different from the original one produced in the 1600s. It has been updated, corrected, and reworked many times. It is a beautiful Bible translation that has blessed countless people. P.S. As a lifelong Southern Baptist, I believe that the 10-12 million dollars (assuming your amounts are accurate) invested by SBC and Holman in publishing another English language Bible should have been spent in mission projects or in translating Bibles into the languages of those who have no version of God's wonderful Word. Look at the real, selfless nonprofit work of Wycliffe and the enormous task yet to be done in the world. Those Holman millions would have reached a great number of the ignored unsaved. |
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3 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 2671 | ||
Good point! Your being a Southern Baptist affirms that we, you and I, are birds of a feather. In all candor, I'm hard pressed to come up with cogent reasons for yet another translation. Have Bible publishers joined ranks with soap and cereal producers, ever searching for a new brand with which to saturate an already glutted market? It seems so. In reference to your proposal to use this tidy sum for missionary or other endeavors instead of another translation of the Bible, I would posit that in the publication of this new Bible they hope to recoup a part, if not all, of their cash outlay. Such would not be their fortune, of course, in missionary enterprises. | ||||||
4 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | PNLamb | 2782 | ||
RE: Holman Baptist Version. Is there not more to recoup in lost souls than in cash from a business enterprise? I find it interesting that our convention has such a tidy store of cash when there are so many needs in our churches, colleges, communities, the world. I worry that our leadership in Tennessee has become too business executive oriented, not centered on where treasure is truly stored. Your comments are well-taken. | ||||||
5 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 2784 | ||
My heart-felt response, PNLamb, is that all bodies of believers, be they Southern Baptist or anything else, dare not lose sight of their Christ-commissioned mission which is to preach the gospel to everyone on earth. To the extent that this primary mission is pre-empted by various other agenda, we as the church grievously dilute our strength and influence in the world and wax derelict in our duty. Not only in Tennessee (I was born in Chattanooga) but all across the land the pressures of the secular world are being exerted upon the church. It is imperative upon us perhaps as never before in history to stand firm -- not militantly, but lovingly -- for the faith that we hold so dearly. God be with you, my brother, in all things. | ||||||
6 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | PNLamb | 2896 | ||
Your response is much appreciated and very valid. Blessings to you. | ||||||