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PhilTheThrill
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Date Joined Jan 2004
Total Posts : 95
| Posted 3/12/2004 5:35 AM (GMT -6) |   | Hey guys,
I finally got my leather-bound copy of the NET (New English Translation) from www.Bible.org. I'm very impressed with it. I've always been an NIV guy, but my NIV Bible is on its last legs and I needed a new one.
I just wanted to endorse it in case anyone is looking for a new Bible. You can read the entire text of the NET Bible for free online. It's a great study Bible because it's primarily word for word, but they do also make an effort to make it readable. How do they strike the balance? The really cool thing about the translation is that, where they use words different from the original, or where there is a word that could be translated different ways, they footnote it with explanations for why they chose the words they did. Half the Bible is all footnotes from translators and study notes. Also, it comes with satellite maps of the Holy Land.
So, check out www.bible.org if you're in the market for a new Bible. I got my luscious black leather Bible with my name engraved on it for like $57 and it came with tons of free Bible software.
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Mayflower
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Date Joined Mar 2002
Total Posts : 445
| Posted 3/12/2004 8:26 AM (GMT -6) | |
Greetings, Phil:
I appreciate your impressions regarding the New English Translation Bible.
Like you, the NIV was my first choice for a long time. However,
more recently, I seem to turn more frequently to the New Revised Standard Version.
Do you have any impressions regarding how the NET
compares to the NRSV?
Thank you...
Peace & blessings,
<><
P.S.
My sibs and I grew up with the King James; and, I find it
interesting that we now vary so greatly not only in our personal choice of BIBLES, but also in our worldview & theology.
One sister remains 100% solid in her belief that the KJV is most accurate; while I prefer the NRSV or NIV.
I suppose it only stands to reason, then -- that our opinion(s) regarding Open View theology would also differ significantly.
Who would have thought .....
that siblings raised in the same environment; attending the
same rural church & hearing the same sermons -- could evolve with such diverse views.
I speculate that our different "life experiences" (as 'thinking' adults whose lives had taken very different paths) -- challenged some of us to actively question and/or reject God's purported role in the evil/suffering around us; or, allowed others to (more passively?), accept such suffering as part of God's 'plan'.
(Just my musings)...
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PhilTheThrill
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Date Joined Jan 2004
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| Posted 3/15/2004 12:12 PM (GMT -6) | | Mayflower -
I haven't read much NRSV, but a few people I know who are big fans of the NRSV found the NET appealing. A guy teaches in a Christian Philosophy bible study I am in owns like every english translation ever (well, a whole lot anyway) and he loooves the NET Bible. One thing about the NET Bible is that the sheer volume of footnotes is distracting if you want to read a chapter or book straight through and just enjoy it as is. With so many footnotes, it can break your flow.
Also, that is pretty interesting about you and your siblings and all the differences. I, too, have noticed that friends of mine who are staunch NKJVers or KJVers tend to be staunch Calvinists and at least very very skeptical of OVT. I guess reading the NIV turned me all... liberal.  | | Back to Top | | |
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