Are Metaphors Inspired?

TylerR Mon, 08/14/2017 - 12:15pm

William Mounce: I have been thinking a lot about some of the general issues of translation, and one of the points that keeps coming up is the issue of metaphors. I would like your opinion . . . I am asking if the inspired authors chose to use a metaphor to convey meaning, are we required to use a metaphor?

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Is the ESV Literal and the NIV Gender Neutral?

TylerR Mon, 06/19/2017 - 1:49pm

Bill Mounce: There actually are five methods on translation with three sub-categories for the handling of gender language.

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Why We Should Stop Capitalizing Pronouns Referring to God

TylerR Mon, 06/12/2017 - 10:23am

Mark Ward: I think it’s time to drop the practice of capitalizing deity pronouns in Christian writing and in (most) Bible translations.

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Translating Every Word (Matt 10:4)

TylerR Mon, 06/05/2017 - 1:37pm

William Mounce: There is a reason for every word, even if we don’t understand why it is used.

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What Is a “Just” Man? (Matt 1:19)

TylerR Mon, 05/08/2017 - 12:27pm

Mounce: The ESV writes, “Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.” . . . how is leniency on Joseph’s part “just”? How does “justice” lead him to not want to shame her? The ESV is translating words, but at the risk of losing sense."

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Clarity or Ambiguity? (John 1:13)

TylerR Mon, 04/03/2017 - 10:02am

William Mounce: My point is that if you want to be clear, you have to be more interpretive. If you want to be less interpretive, you will be less clear and more ambiguous. You simply can’t have it both ways.

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Five More Myths about Bible Translations and the Transmission of the Text

TylerR Wed, 01/04/2017 - 10:23am

Dan Wallace: There’s always something lost in translation. But how much is lost? Here I want to explore five more myths about Bible translation.

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Fifteen Myths About Bible Translations

TylerR Sun, 01/01/2017 - 11:51am

Dan Wallace: Perhaps the number one myth about Bible translation is that a word-for-word translation is the best kind.

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Are Metaphors Inspired?

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Is the ESV Literal and the NIV Gender Neutral?

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Why We Should Stop Capitalizing Pronouns Referring to God

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Translating Every Word (Matt 10:4)

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What Is a “Just” Man? (Matt 1:19)

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Clarity or Ambiguity? (John 1:13)

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Five More Myths about Bible Translations and the Transmission of the Text

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Fifteen Myths About Bible Translations

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