Tag Archives: translations

It’s not your father’s Bible…

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Tim Archer

There was a time when I basically had one Bible that I used all of the time. It was a New International Version that had been given to me by some friends in California (whose pet dog had chewed up … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation: Bible Edition

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Tim Archer

OK, I enjoyed last Friday’s game so much, that I decided to do it again. This time, however, we’ll limit ourselves to a limited pool of possible answers. Every answer will be a passage from the Bible. Lost in Translation … Continue reading →

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Lost in translation

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Tim Archer

It’s been a favorite site of mine for some time, maybe because I do a lot of translating. I thought I had mentioned it here before, but can’t seem to find it. If this is the second time I’m sharing … Continue reading →

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The quest for the perfect version of the Bible

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Tim Archer

Over on the Better Bibles Blog, Rich Rhodes talked about listening to an audio version of the King James Version. He found that the epistles were very difficult to listen to because of the vocabulary employed. He concludes his post … Continue reading →

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How literal should a translation be?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Tim Archer

As I mentioned before, I’ve been participating in the Tyndale Blog Network, reviewing products that I receive from Tyndale. This time I’m a part of one of their virtual book tours, the Mosaic Bible blog tour. This Friday, October 16, … Continue reading →

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