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BI181 Introducing Bible Translations is unavailable, but you can change that!

Bible translation expert Dr. Mark Strauss introduces the philosophies of translation in order to equip students in their selection of a specific version (or versions) of the Bible. Dr. Strauss compares functional and formal equivalence and describes the strengths and weaknesses of each. He discusses elements of language such as gender terminology, idioms, and metaphors to reveal the importance of...

ranslation, New Living Translation, Contemporary English Version, New Century Version, God’s Word Translation. And then mediating versions would be versions like the NIV, the New American Bible (a Roman Catholic translation), the Holman Christian, the New English Translation or NET Bible, and the Common English Bible. All versions lie on a continuum from more lite