Choosing a Bible
Subtitle: understanding Bible translation differences
By: Leland Ryken.
Publisher: Crossway Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Bible -- Translating.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31).
"Adapted from The Word of God in English.  Formerly published as Bible translation differences. Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, 2004."
Table of contents: title: Chapter One: How do Bible translations differ from each other?; title: The goal of Bible translation; title: Thought-for-thought or word-for-word?; title: Chapter Two: Five negative effects of dynamic equivalence; title: Taking liberties in translation; title: Destabilization of the text; title: What the Bible "means" vs. what the Bible says; title: Falling short of what we should expect; title: A logical and linguistic impossibility; title: Chapter Three: Ten reasons we can trust essentially literal Bible translations; title: Transparency to the original; title: Keeping to the essential task of translation; title: Preserving the full interpretive potential of the original; title: Not mixing commentary with translation; title: Preserving theological precision; title: Not needing to correct the translation in preaching; title: Preserving what the Biblical writers actually wrote; title: Preserving the literary qualities of the Bible; title: Preserving the dignity and beauty of the Bible; title: Consistency with the doctrine of inspiration.