Bible Question:
The TNIV is now a reality. On the Zondervan web site there is now a list of "Scholars, Pastors and Church leaders, and Evangelists". Some of us had the fortune to preview this version. I don't recall ANYONE involved with this Forum, considering this agenda ridden translation, worth giving any encouragement for publication. However there is a 17 page list of endorsements! For example Stuart Brisco, Randy Frazee, Philip Yancey, Ken Davis, Tim Stafford, just to name a few. Could anyone take the time to explain to me what these trusted Christians saw worthy in the TNIV? I saw the TNIV as a version that mistrannslated words to the inclusion of homosexuals, and the feminist agenda. Did I miss something or didn't these people read much of the review copy? What has gone wrong here? justme |
Bible Answer: Justme - I wish I could offer an informed explanation of why Zondervan's TNIV has received favorable endorsement from a few well-known leaders in the Christian world, but I can't. It's often a difficult and dangerous business to impugn the motives of others. One possibility that comes to mind is that there are doublessly some people who think that reading any translation is better than reading none at all. Yet this seems a shallow reason to endorse a translation that has taken so many liberties with the biblical text when there are so many other and better translations to choose for endorsement. Is it being too cynical to suggest the possibility that money may be involved? I don't know. Of course, there is also the apparent fact that there are those who do not see any problems in the translation. But I hold with those who do see problems in it. Sorry to give so unprecise an answer to an excellent question, another good product of your agile and inquiring mind! I hope your health is improving daily, my friend. --Hank |