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No, pent up emotions make me feel despair.Ever had emotions so pent up that when you start to feel excitement then it seems like all of them come rushing out at the same time, and all you end up feeling is rage?
My Bible and Rivulets & Violets should be coming tomorrow.
In other news, tomorrow marks a workload coming down on me like Madame... er... G.
Yes, and no. It's the RSVSCE. I normally use the RSV (second edition) in the Oxford Annotated Bible, but I decided to grab the copy put out by Ignatius Press which has a better binding, more aesthetically-pleasing cover, and it'll save me from having to use my RSVSCE New Testament and switching back to Oxford for the Old Testament. Also, the deutercanonicals appear as an appendix in Oxford, whereas they are integrated in Ignatius.Just a new Bible or trying out a new translation?
Ah, which version were you considering in Pitt Minion?Ahh, fair enough
I'd quite like a Cambridge Pitt Minion for church and a nicely bound bible for at home, but hopefully they'll be the last bibles I need to buy, unless they release a more accurate English translation.
I suggest putting it off until a future time.
Ah, which version were you considering in Pitt Minion?
The last bibles you'll need to buy! To be honest, I've been wanting to start collecting Robert Alter's translation and commentaries of the Hebrew Bible. I have Genesis, and it's quite good.
I've been procrastinating for quite some time now. It's hard to stop.
I'll get it in NASB, no doubt. I was fond of the ESV but it seems the NASB is the most accurate English translation going at the moment, so I've moved over to that at least for study purposes mostly.
Aye, ESV is pretty much an Evangelical-minded revision of the ESV. The RSVSCE (which has some different renderings than the normal RSV) reads very similar to the ESV. Leland Ryken's involvement with the ESV is to its credit, however.I'll get it in NASB, no doubt. I was fond of the ESV but it seems the NASB is the most accurate English translation going at the moment, so I've moved over to that at least for study purposes mostly.
It's easy to read as well. I normally found the easier to read translations tended more towards the thought-for-thought area whereas the more difficult ones to read tended towards the word-for-word area -- So the fact the NASB is as accurate as it is and as readable as it is, I really like it.
And that's cool. I've still been meaning to get an Interlinear. I really want to get in to the original languages at some point but I just don't know where I'll have the time with studying full-time and working full-time as of later this year.
Lately I've been reading the ESV (partly because my church is currently using that; and partly because I can find it free to download the ebook), I should try the NASB.
When I was taking an old testament class I used to listen to the ESV audio book that my dad bought; while reading along with my NIV (1984) or NKJV. I think it's interesting sometimes to read different translations side by side.
Ideally, I'd like to see a parallel bible including new translations done by the same committee and translators, one literal, one dynamic equivalence.
The King James Version is a monument, perhaps one of the cornerstones of English literature. Just as Pope's translation of The Iliad is Pope and not Homer, the KJV is English literature. It was made four-hundred years ago and there is simply more linguistic awareness at this time.That would be cool!
I used the ESV for quite a long time. Started out with a King James, my first study bible was an ESV and I loved the translation and so went to that and now I am using the NASB which reads similarly.
Yeah the ESV is an incredible translation as well. When you buy the study bible(Even if you no longer use the translation, the study notes are amazing and incredibly affordable) you get a code for the whole bible and resources online that you can use for study on the go too.
I thought that was really cool. My ESV study bible stands proud on my desk
The NASB reads very similarly.
The King James Version is a monument, perhaps one of the cornerstones of English literature. Just as Pope's translation of The Iliad is Pope and not Homer, the KJV is English literature. It was made four-hundred years ago and there is simply more linguistic awareness at this time.
The ESV Study Bible looks very nice. A friend of mine picked up the paperback, and my goodness that print rivals the compact Oxford English Dictionary. A different format might be better, and it's pretty handy having the references available online.
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