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Choosing a Bible: Understanding Bible Translation Differences (Paperback)
by Leland Ryken (Author)


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In this booklet, adapted from his book The Word of God in English, Leland Ryken examines the principles that make for reliable English Bible translation and looks at common translation fallacies. Asserting that Bible translations should be essentially literal, he puts forward a standard by which Christians can evaluate and compare contemporary Bible translations.


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(Paperback) : 32 Pages
Release Date: April 01, 2005
Label: Crossway Books
Distributed By: Crossway Books
Publisher: Crossway Books
Length: 8.06 inches
Height: 0.14 inches
Weight: 0.14 (lbs)
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Category: BIBLICAL STUDIES
ISBN: 1581347308
EAN / ISBN-13: 9781581347302
Product Code: 318335


Leland Ryken
Leland Ryken is Professor of English at Wheaton College, where he has taught since 1968. He has published nearly two dozen books on various subjects including literature in Christian perspective, the Bible as literature, and Milton. His previous titles include "The Liberated Imagination, The Discerning Reader, A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible, Words of Delight" and "Realms of Gold."


Editorial Review

Of the many Bible translations available today, are some better than others? If so, what criteria can we use to determine what makes a good translation? Leland Ryken introduces readers to the central issues in this debate and presents several reasons why essentially literal--word-for-word--translations are superior to dynamic equivalent--thought-for-thought--translations.

You don't have to be a Bible scholar to recognize the need for a quality Bible translation. We all want to know that the Bible we read, study, and memorize is faithful to the original. Dr. Ryken tackles this issue and breaks it down in this concise, logical, and straightforward book, giving readers a valuable tool for selecting a Bible translation.

"Professor Ryken draws on decades of experience... to show that many modern English translations fail to meet accepted standards of excellence in accuracy, faithfulness to the words of the author, clarity, vividness, correctness...." --Dr. Wayne Grudem, Professor of Bible and Theology, Phoenix Seminary

"The persistent, detonating logic of Lee Ryken's pen will educate and convince any fair-minded person that the primary Bible for study and preaching must be an essentially literal translation." --Dr. R. Kent Hughes, Pastor, College Church, Wheaton, IL

"A masterful and convincing argument for literal, that is to say, transparent translation of the Holy Scriptures." --Dr. J. I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.

"An ideal guide to choosing a translation of the Word that transcends trendy words. In the process, he implicitly indicts those who settle for less." --Marvin Olasky, Editor-in-Chief, World Magazine


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