Subject: Informed opinions of the ESV please? |
Bible Note: newoldstock - An excellent and thoughtful response on the ESV. I own an inexpensive copy of this Bible and have read a fair sampling of it. What I've seen I've liked and would probably read it more if the page was more inviting. By that I mean, the print is rather too small and cramped for my liking and reading comfort. Have you tried the Holman Christian Standard Bible? Only the NT has been published thus far; the full Bible is scheduled soon I believe. It will be interesting to see how the ESV and HCSB do in competition with each other. Perhaps never again will any translation attain the wide acceptance that the KJV has enjoyed for centuries. These days there are simply too many horses in the race and several of them are good enough to win. Have you (has anyone) heard anything to confirm the chatter that Thomas Nelson may have a new revision of the NKJV in the oven? It's about time, I suppose. It's been two decades since the NKJV made its debut, and it seems no Bible publisher can wait longer than that to cook up a "more accurate, more readable" edition than has ever rolled off the press in the long and distinguished history of Bible translations into the English tongue. It's an exciting time in the Bible translation arena but an exhausting and expensive one for Bible readers. Exhausting just to keep up with what's going on in this busy field. Expensive just to equip oneself with copies of all the latest editions. If I had the money I've spent on Bibles the last decade or so, I have no doubt that I could treat my wife and myself to a fine Mediterranean cruise. :-) --Hank |