Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Take the Poll: King James Version



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  1. UnknownJune 10, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    I like the sound of the KJV. I like the poetry and all that. I have also never used any of the other translations. Some of them sound kind of hokey in the fact that their translations seem to be dumbed down for the lowest common denominator.

    I'll believe that other translations are more correct, but, how am I to know which ones are the best?

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  2. AthieVJune 10, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    Ian, almost any of the modern versions are big improvements over the KJV. My Bible-scholar friends generally recommend the NRSV, or the NIV as a more American-Evangelical alternative.

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  3. The Yellow DartJune 10, 2009 at 10:21 PM

    I prefer ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic :-)

    I use the NRSV (or JPS for the Hebrew Bible as well) when reading in English.

    Best wishes,

    TYD

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  4. NitsavJune 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM

    I'm with TYD. Hebrew/Aramaic over KJV any day.

    Ian, you know that the KJV translators were aiming for a translation that could be read by anyone? Lowest common denominator? It's just that we've had 500 years of development of English since then.

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  5. Bored in VernalJune 11, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    "development?" mmm, maybe that's the wrong word...

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  6. AthieVJune 11, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    Would you prefer "change," BiV? I understand the mystique of the past, but modern English can't really be said to be better or worse than Jacobean English. We may have a narrower range of colorful profanities, though...

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  7. NitsavJune 11, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    I'm not sure the Church is as wedded to private usage of the KJV as some assume. See my references and argument here.

    http://faithpromotingrumor.com/2007/02/elder-mcconkie-and-targumim-or-how-to-help-lds-read-non-kjv-versions

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  8. Bored in VernalJune 11, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    Thanks for the link, Nitsav.
    RT--just my idea of a lame joke referencing the language abilities of today's general member.

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