"You be the judge!"
A few posts ago I engaged with a question or two re modern translations - plethora thereof - and upgrades of.
Today I note a post from the wonderful ETC blog - Evangelical Textual Criticism - on the NRSVUE - NRSV Update Edition.
I had thought the NRSVUE was the NRSVUE taken in an even more inclusive direction re language.
There is more going on, as Peter Gurry in this post makes clear.
Excerpt:
"In light of the emphasis on textual criticism, I wondered what changes I could find. This is just from my spot-checking, mind you. I haven’t found a list of changes anywhere yet.
- Matt. 19.9: “And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” The longer reading was in the footnote before along with the reading of B and some others. I’m guessing this change is due to Holmes’s influence given his 1990 JBL article on the subject which you should all read and heed.
- Mark 1.1: “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ.” To which I can only say, booooo! (The right reading is in the footnote and at least they got Mark 1.41 right.)
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But is this enough to buy a copy when one has (as I have) some five or six copies of the NRSV?
"You be the judge!"
1 comment:
At the end of Peter Gurry's article is a link to Christian Century which has a discussion with project leaders about the process. I found it fascinating. Thank you +Peter! ~Liz
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