Milford chronicle., 1952-11-28
New Revised Edition
Of Bible Discussed

/ Many sincere, evangelical Chris
tlans are asking honest questions
about new version of the Scrip
lures recently published, known as
the Revised Standard Version" of
the Bible. To answer these ques-
tions The Sunday School Times of
Philadelphia, one of the Oldest and
most trusted Christian periodicals
IN America, has called upon two
well-knOwn and competent evan
gelical scholars to review in it's
columns this new Revised Stand
ard Version" of the Bible.
G. Douglas Young, Ph.D., pro-
fessor Of Semitic Languages, Liter
ature, and History, Shelton Col
lege, New York, who received his
Ph.D. degree from DTOpsie College
for Hebrew and Cognate Learning,
Philadelphia, and who has written
a Hebrew grammar, and is an au-
thOrity on Hebrew poetry, will re-
view the Old Testament portion of
/ this new version in The Sunday
School Times of October 25; James
Oliver Buswell, Jr., Ph.D., DID,,
LID, president and professor of
Philosophy and Theology at Shell
ton College, New York, will review
the New Testament portion in the
issue Of November l.
Regarding the avowed Liberal
theological viewpoint of all of the
translatOrs, DR.. Young will say, in
part:
1T should be obvious that ones
theology must inevitably, and
does, affect ones translations at
points. We should not forget the
selection of young woman for
! virgin in Isaiah 7:14, which has
been highly publicized elsewhere.
The word 'almah' (young woman
Of narriageable age) is not found
in any context where the person
referred to can be shown def
nitely rot to have been a virgin.
There is no valid reason for as
suming that the word 'almah'
could not have meant virgin. 90
Of the Importance of indicating
additions and changes that the
translators have made in the text,
DR.. Young has this to say:
"The tranSIatOrs of any lang.
uage know that no two languages
can be matched perfectly in their
manner Of expression. Additions
Of particles or parts of the verb
to be- are especially necessary
in the rendering of Hebrew into
English. The translatOrs of the
Revised Standard Version do not
Indicate where they have done
this, as did the translatOrs of
the King James Version by their
use of italics. Only after an ex-
1 haustive and minute comparison
of the Hebrew text with the text
of the Revised Standard Version
translation could one know the
number of the cases where such
additions were made"
Among a number of changes that
are weak or contrary to the funda-
mentals o. the Christian faith, DR..
Buswell calls attention to the fol-
lowing:
The change from 'propitia-
ton (an objective provision for
PITY 10 'expiatiOn' "a good will
offering, not necessarily an OBJ
jectiye basis of Justification is
g.. entirely unwarranted and
contrary to sound lexicography.
True, the difference between the
two words is unknown to the or
dinary reader. 'ExpiatiOn' is not
false, but it is less than the great
! truth set forth in the original
Paul's word, and PauIs doctrine
i'm the immediate context. pro-
claimed an objective provision
for the pity of God, in order that
he might be just and the justitier
of the one who believes in Jesus
from. 3:26)."
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