Subject: The Massorah? |
Bible Note: Serentime: The burden of proof for the fidelity of any translation to the ancient manuscripts rests in the hands of qualified scholars. We who are not so endowed with the requisite scholarship have no viable alternative but to base our assessment of the merits of any given translation on qualified opinion. I know of no reliable accusation that has been railed against the NIV or Amplified Bibles that even hints that they are leading anyone astray from the true word. Do you? It begs reason and fairness to publish a statement such as yours about these transalations unless one makes at least some attempt to justify it. If what you have said is merely your opinion, are you able to cite and would you be willing to post specific passages in the NIV and the Amplified Bibles wherein you conclude that they are leading the reader astray from the true word? And include, if you will please, your analysis of why any cited passage in either of these translations is misleading to the reader. What is your concept of what "the true word" actually is? We may all claim the right to our opinion. But unless our opinion is based on and backed up by at least some degree of fact, we do ourselves and others a better service by keeping it to ourselves. --Hank |