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Who are 'they'?I believe that a good version must be base on the oldest manuscripts available....They say we can reconstruct the whole Bible from these manuscript.
I believe that a good version must be base on the oldest manuscripts available....They say we can reconstruct the whole Bible from these manuscript....
Right now, only the New American Bible, translated by Catholic scholars, has that claim.... I am using it more and compare it to "ISA"
The site for that version can be seen here. I still compare all versions to the 3 main Greek texts. From what I see here, it doesn't appear to follow the that well.The NAB, in none of its editions, makes that claim; neither does any other translation of the Bible. Please verify your facts before posting them.
Who are 'they'?
The NAB, in none of its editions, makes that claim; neither does any other translation of the Bible. Please verify your facts before posting them.
The New Testament portion of the first edition of the New American Bible is translated primarily from the twenty-fifth edition, 1963, of the Nestle-Aland text. The Greek New Testament edited by Aland et al. for the United Bible Societies, 1966, was also used. Departures from these texts, however, are frequent.
The revised New Testament portion of the New American Bible is translated primarily from the third edition, 1975, of the United Bible Societies Greek text. The twenty-sixth edition, 1979, of the Nestle-Aland text was also consulted. This is just the reverse from the text of the first edition. Another change, much more significant, is that this revised edition of the New American Bible follows the United Bible Societies text much closer than the first edition followed the Nestle-Aland text.
None of these Greek texts are based primarily upon the oldest manuscripts available, but upon the data from a large number of manuscripts, some of which are much less old than others.
Who are 'they'?
I can see no suggestion of such reconstruction there. I have never heard of that idea, and it does not seem very feasible, to me. Neither can I see anywhere any special claim for the NAB on any ground of this type, or on any other ground, for that matter.About the possibility of reconstructing the NT from the oldest available manuscript.... I got it here....
click here
It is simple. Just go by the 3 main Greek texts [which can be seen at the OliveTree link] which is what I did when I spent about 5 months translating revelation then harmonizing it to the rest of the NT/NC then to the OT/OC.I can see no suggestion of such reconstruction there. I have never heard of that idea, and it does not seem very feasible, to me. Neither can I see anywhere any special claim for the NAB on any ground of this type, or on any other ground, for that matter.
I have a hard copy of NAB and in the preface it says: " The text of the books contained in The New American Bible is a completely new translation throughout. From the original and the oldest available tests of the sacred books,.... "
A letter from Vatican was attached.... It was dated Sept. 18, 1970... Part of it said : " ...this new translation of the Scriptures from the original languages or from the oldest extant form in which the texts exist.."
As a christian... I have a progressive Bible study.... I don't stick to any religions creed...but continuous to learn from the scriptures....
I am not saying NAB is a perfect translation.... I always refer to the orignal languages.... ISA is very helpful for that purpose....
Anyone that says only one translation is right is fooling themselves and not worth my time.
(as the KJV interprets fire wood as f. a.g.s... exhibit A: Christianforums made me type that word like that because it's considered a bad word now!!!).
The words have changed meaning, sentence structure has changed, and who in the world talks to each other anymore in a KJV dialect?
Maybe all the HIV versions are fooling you! It's a shame that you can say on a public forum that other members of the family of God are not worth your time.
but the KJV is a translation of those texts I trust,
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