Comments on: Questions for the ESV Committee http://eternalperspectives.com/2005/05/26/questions-for-the-esv-committee/ . . . searching for sanity in a Christian culture gone mad Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:56:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rey http://eternalperspectives.com/2005/05/26/questions-for-the-esv-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Rey Sat, 28 May 2005 04:15:06 +0000 http://eternalperspectives.com/2005/05/26/questions-for-the-esv-committee/#comment-1026 a free ESV? Man, I had to get mine the old fashioned way. =( How does one go about getting a free Ryrie NASB Study Bible. :) a free ESV? Man, I had to get mine the old fashioned way. =( How does one go about getting a free Ryrie NASB Study Bible. :)

]]> By: Wayne Leman http://eternalperspectives.com/2005/05/26/questions-for-the-esv-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Wayne Leman Fri, 27 May 2005 19:31:44 +0000 http://eternalperspectives.com/2005/05/26/questions-for-the-esv-committee/#comment-1025 I have been studying and evaluating different English Bible versions for many years. I do not find the ESV to be a significant improvement over the NASB. Many have commented over the years about how "wooden" the NASB sounds. But the ESV has some rather awful English in many, many passages, so it seems to me that that balances out. I have been collecting examples of poor English in the ESV and have uploaded my work in progress file to <a href="http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/esvcomments.doc" rel="nofollow">http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/esvcomments.doc</a>. I am glad that many are finding the ESV to be a translation that they like. I am sad that it appears that the ESV was rushed to publication before its text was ready. Their team really does need a number of English scholars working on it so that they can repair the problems with its English. The ESV would be even more effective if it were worded in English which is completely grammatical, did not use obsolete syntactic and lexical constructions, and sounded like it was written in the language of the people for whom it was intended. None of these would take away from its literary beauty. Literature written in good quality contemporary literary English can be very beautiful. I have been studying and evaluating different English Bible versions for many years. I do not find the ESV to be a significant improvement over the NASB. Many have commented over the years about how “wooden” the NASB sounds. But the ESV has some rather awful English in many, many passages, so it seems to me that that balances out. I have been collecting examples of poor English in the ESV and have uploaded my work in progress file to http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/esvcomments.doc. I am glad that many are finding the ESV to be a translation that they like. I am sad that it appears that the ESV was rushed to publication before its text was ready. Their team really does need a number of English scholars working on it so that they can repair the problems with its English. The ESV would be even more effective if it were worded in English which is completely grammatical, did not use obsolete syntactic and lexical constructions, and sounded like it was written in the language of the people for whom it was intended. None of these would take away from its literary beauty. Literature written in good quality contemporary literary English can be very beautiful.

]]> By: Adrian http://eternalperspectives.com/2005/05/26/questions-for-the-esv-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Adrian Thu, 26 May 2005 21:31:48 +0000 http://eternalperspectives.com/2005/05/26/questions-for-the-esv-committee/#comment-1019 Well, maybe I am obsessed right now, but trust me I will get obsessed with something else pretty soon! The way I blog is that I tend to do an issue to death until I get bored and then move on. Actually I hadnt blogged much about the ESV for a while when they suddenly approached me about this- could hardly turn them down could I? But take a browse in my archives month by month and look at the titles and you will see the ESV was not my first obsession and surely wont be my last! My current renewed obsession is about the church and preaching and how both need to be reformed. Now that obsession could last a while- so far many years! <em>Adrian's comment is in response to a poor and failed attempt at humor - suggesting he was a bit obsessed with the ESV - that I had included in my post. I have since edited it out since I did not want offend him or mislead anyone else. I have great respect for Adrian, who has been more than kind to this small creature in the ecosystem!</em> - Mike Well, maybe I am obsessed right now, but trust me I will get obsessed with something else pretty soon! The way I blog is that I tend to do an issue to death until I get bored and then move on. Actually I hadnt blogged much about the ESV for a while when they suddenly approached me about this- could hardly turn them down could I?

But take a browse in my archives month by month and look at the titles and you will see the ESV was not my first obsession and surely wont be my last!

My current renewed obsession is about the church and preaching and how both need to be reformed. Now that obsession could last a while- so far many years!

Adrian’s comment is in response to a poor and failed attempt at humor – suggesting he was a bit obsessed with the ESV – that I had included in my post. I have since edited it out since I did not want offend him or mislead anyone else. I have great respect for Adrian, who has been more than kind to this small creature in the ecosystem! – Mike

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