The project is problematic right from the start with their insistence on basing the "conservative" Bible on the King James Version, which their own entry on the KJV admits has its flaws. Why? Because it's public domain. So are old texts of fairy tales. If we are truly to have a "trustworthy" translation, even with the stated political-right bias, the only honest way to do it is with original texts. Contrary to these people's beliefs, Jesus, Paul, etc. did not speak in Elizabethan (Jamesian?) English. Jesus and Pals spoke Aramaic and Jesus (being called a Rabbi) probably spoke a lot of Hebrew as well -- their adventures were first written in Greek. Then there's the Old Testament, written in old Hebrew dialects that scholars in Synagogues no doubt still argue over. But hey, a bunch of English gentlemen (who probably had NO agenda at all nor were influenced to write anything in a certain way by a man who could order their execution at any moment) definitely got it right and we, completely fluent and understanding of the dialect Shakespeare wrote in, can safely write a "correct" translation. Yeahright.
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Date: 2009-11-13 11:01 pm (UTC)If we are truly to have a "trustworthy" translation, even with the stated political-right bias, the only honest way to do it is with original texts. Contrary to these people's beliefs, Jesus, Paul, etc. did not speak in Elizabethan (Jamesian?) English. Jesus and Pals spoke Aramaic and Jesus (being called a Rabbi) probably spoke a lot of Hebrew as well -- their adventures were first written in Greek. Then there's the Old Testament, written in old Hebrew dialects that scholars in Synagogues no doubt still argue over. But hey, a bunch of English gentlemen (who probably had NO agenda at all nor were influenced to write anything in a certain way by a man who could order their execution at any moment) definitely got it right and we, completely fluent and understanding of the dialect Shakespeare wrote in, can safely write a "correct" translation. Yeahright.