Bible Question (short): Will You Accept This Challenge? |
Question (full): ---PLEASE LET THIS POST HANG HERE WITHOUT RESPONSE SO THAT OTHERS MAY SEE IT AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE IT OFFERS.----First, go to http://www.bible-researcher.com/codex-b.html. Second, read the introductory material. Third, scroll down until you come to a sample of the text of the Codex itself. Fourth, translate the sample into modern clear English, complete with proper punctuation and capitalization. ..... It is rather short, involving only one complete verse of Scripture and fragments of two other verses. It should pose no problem at all to the denizens of the Forum who are experts in translating, punctuating, and capitalizing Scripture. ...... POSTSCRIPT: Did this exercise help anyone to acknowledge the enormous debt we owe to the hundreds of dedicated translators who have devoted their lives to the task of bringing us a translation of God's word into our own language that is as transparent of the original-language manuscripts as they can produce? ..... Did it illustrate the utter folly of hacks who, presuming to know more than seasoned scholars who have spent their lives pouring over the ancient manuscripts, have the audacity to challenge and even change the decisions of translation, punctuation and capitalization that whole teams of scholars have agreed upon? ........ Ladies and gentlemen, the sponsor of this Forum is the Lockman Foundation. Lockman's chief aim is not Forums but the translation and distribution of the Scriptures. One of their finest achievements is the NASB, than which no other major translation in English is more literally accurate. Lockman has a high view of Scripture and we owe them our thanks and appreciation, not only for for the work they have done and continue to do in translating the Scriptures, but in making this Study Bible Forum possible. One way each of us can show his thanks and appreciation to the fine folks at the Lockman Foundation is by honoring the guidelines set forth for one's personal conduct on their Forum. And by the way, the Lockman Foundation is a not-for-profit organization. Unlike so many publishers of religious materials, Lockman is not in this enterprise to make big bucks! Soli Deo gloria! --Hank |