Wayne Leman today draws attention to an insertion in the text of the New Living Translation of John’s Gospel.
I’d like us to reflect on the wording of John 1:6 in the NLT:
God sent a man, John the Baptist
There is a footnote on “the Baptist” noting that the underlying Greek “a man named John.” [...]
The NLT and the intrusive Baptist
January 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Translation
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Questioning Jim’s minimalist assumptions
January 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments · First Testament
Jim West’s latest report from SOTS in cold, damp Chester, seems a bit strange to me. Let me quote the main part of his favourable comment on the paper he heard.
The paper delivered last night by Susan Ackerman was really fascinating- but, resting as it did on the unquestioned assumption that Josiah’s reform actually happened, [...]
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