THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BIBLE TRANSLATION Bible Translation Choices and Translation Principles Edward D. Andrews Author

It is a daunting task for the new Bible student to walk into a store for the purpose of purchasing a Bible. Immediately, he is met with shelves upon shelves of more than 100 different English translation choices: AMP, AT, ASV, BLE, CEB, CEV, ERV, ESV... Read more

It is a daunting task for the new Bible student to walk into a store for the purpose of purchasing a Bible. Immediately, he is met with shelves upon shelves of more than 100 different English translation choices: AMP, AT, ASV, BLE, CEB, CEV, ERV, ESV, HCSB, IB, ISV, JB, KJ21, LB, MLB, NAB, NASB, NCV, NEB, NET, NJB, NIV, NIVI, NIRV, NKJV, NLT, NLV, NRSV, REB, RSV, RVB, SEB, TEV, TNIV, WE and on and on. He is even further bewildered when he realizes that, in addition to the standard format, there are different formats within each translation: a reference Bible, a study Bible, a life application Bible, an archaeology Bible. He further notices that some translations claim to be Essentially Literal, while others claim to be Dynamic Equivalent (thought for thought), which only serves to increase his confusion. The goal of THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BIBLE TRANSLATION (CGBT), therefore, is to be a help to all who read the Bible.CGBT is a tool for those who are interested in the translation process of how the Bible is translated from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek into their own language. CGBT covers the basic principles of Bible Translation, general problems that arise in the translation of the Bible, as well as the process for making a translation. Moreover, it is a defense of the essentially literal translation philosophy, over against the dynamic equivalent philosophy. Less