This site has scores of articles about specific words and the problems with how they are translated. It is time to look at the larger, more generic problems, from the level of the sky, as Jesus might say. The record we have of Jesus's words is written in Greek. There are Greek words which are close to English alternative and those for which there are only poor matches. However, translators of the most popular versions of the Bible used today will not even attempt to translate Jesus's words to something as close as possible in English. They admit this. These translators claim to be able to capture Jesus's meaning more clearly without using similar vocabulary or syntax and, instead, using more "modern" phrases. They claim to know with certainty that Jesus’s meaning, the underlying propositions of his statements, so they can put then in their own words.
How Jesus's Meaning is Lost: 2 Vocabulary
How Jesus's Meaning is Lost: 2 Vocabulary
How Jesus's Meaning is Lost: 2 Vocabulary
This site has scores of articles about specific words and the problems with how they are translated. It is time to look at the larger, more generic problems, from the level of the sky, as Jesus might say. The record we have of Jesus's words is written in Greek. There are Greek words which are close to English alternative and those for which there are only poor matches. However, translators of the most popular versions of the Bible used today will not even attempt to translate Jesus's words to something as close as possible in English. They admit this. These translators claim to be able to capture Jesus's meaning more clearly without using similar vocabulary or syntax and, instead, using more "modern" phrases. They claim to know with certainty that Jesus’s meaning, the underlying propositions of his statements, so they can put then in their own words.