Difference between revisions of "Bible translation committees"
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*preferring emasculation rather than the masculine; | *preferring emasculation rather than the masculine; | ||
*a pedantic insistence on consistency rather than empowerment, running afoul of [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]'s famous warning that “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."; | *a pedantic insistence on consistency rather than empowerment, running afoul of [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]'s famous warning that “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."; | ||
| − | :*an example of this is the insistence by professors today to mistranslate as "chains fell off his hands" (rather than wrists) at {{bibleref|Acts|12|7}} to be consistent but incorrect as the Greek term meant either hands or wrists; | + | :*an example of this is the insistence by most professors today to mistranslate as "chains fell off his hands" (rather than wrists) at {{bibleref|Acts|12|7}} to be consistent but incorrect as the Greek term meant either hands or wrists;<ref>Less than a third of the English translations use the obviously correct term "wrists" here, and most of those versions are obscure with the exception of the [[NIV]]. [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Acts%2012:7]</ref> |
*an exclusion of insights from [[STEM]] fields, or nearly any field other than that of the professor himself; | *an exclusion of insights from [[STEM]] fields, or nearly any field other than that of the professor himself; | ||
*an unjustified disdain for those not formerly educated for years after high school or college; | *an unjustified disdain for those not formerly educated for years after high school or college; | ||
Revision as of 05:15, May 30, 2023
Bible translation committees are almost entirely stacked with liberal professors whose day jobs are in a culture of liberal style and liberal denial. As a result, liberal denial creeps into the translations, and even outright liberal forgeries of a few passages are allowed to continue in modern English translations of the Bible.
These committees are overwhelmingly stacked with professors who are unable or unwilling to recognize distortions by liberals of key phrases in the New Testament. Critics of the liberal agenda are excluded from these committees. People with a STEM background are also excluded.
NASB
The New American Standard Bible, as published by the Lockman Foundation, has pushed to include new references to women in italics.[1]
Academic bias
Bible translation committees have an academic institutional bias. Characteristics of this bias include:
- preferring emasculation rather than the masculine;
- a pedantic insistence on consistency rather than empowerment, running afoul of Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous warning that “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.";
- an exclusion of insights from STEM fields, or nearly any field other than that of the professor himself;
- an unjustified disdain for those not formerly educated for years after high school or college;
- refusal to translate candidly verses that criticize intellectualism, such as 1Corinthians 1:17 ; and
- a conformance to political correctness.
References
- ↑ https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/more-information-about-nasb-2020/
- ↑ Less than a third of the English translations use the obviously correct term "wrists" here, and most of those versions are obscure with the exception of the NIV. [1]