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The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Subtle Ways of Translating — Mondays with Mounce 243
I never cease to be amazed at the literary quality of the NIV. Yes, I know, I am on the committee, but I am thinking about verses that I fin...
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Linguistics Is Not Prescriptive, Says Doug Moo
At the 66th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Zondervan held a special event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the co...
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Evangelicals and Bible Translations 50 Years After the NIV
Next year the Committee on Bible Translation, Zondervan, and Biblica are celebrating the 50th year anniversary of the commissioning of the N...
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When Is "Them" Confusing? (Luke 9:26) — Mondays with Mounce 240
There is no question that "they" is becoming the pronoun of choice to refer back to either a singular or plural antecedent. Like it or not, ...
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Who is tormented? (Rev 14:11) — Mondays with Mounce 236
The third angel cries, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and (καί) receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will dr...
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Extracurricular Activities 10.4.14 — Bible Translations, Jesus's Parables, & Theological Education's Mission
Scot McKnight on the Politics of Bible Translations
The Bible you carry is a political act. By “Bible” I mean the Translation of the Bible y...
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Twenty Myths about Bible Translations
Daniel Wallace, author of Greek Grammar Beyond
the Basics, has been blogging about some popular myths on the subject of
Bible translations....
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Longman and Dillard on the book of Samuel in the Septuagint and Masoretic Text
How different is the book of Samuel in the Septuagint compared to the Masoretic Text? Turns out, they are quite different indeed – and Louis...
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Choosing a Translation - Andy Naselli
Yesterday Greek scholar Andy Naselli shared a post on choosing Bible Translations. In it he weighs a number of resources which seek ...
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Was Jesus’ Burial Cloth Folded or Rolled? - John 20:7 (Monday with Mounce 101)
Having heard the the resurrection story today at church, I reminded of the translation issues in this verse. Peter ran into the tomb and sa...
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Can You Put a Ring on Your Hand? (Monday with Mounce 99)
At the end of the parable of the Prodigal Son, the father signals his acceptance of his younger son with the bestowal of a ring, which is p...
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Wednesday Giveaway - How To Choose A Translation For All It's Worth
I have quite a few Bibles, more than I need really. I’d guess seven translations in physical books, and a couple dozen more in digital form...
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KJV Commentary Giveaway
Bob Hayton over at the KJV Only Debate Blog is giving away copies of the newly revised King James Version Commentary Set every Friday ...
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Can the Imperfect not be Continuous? (Monday with Mounce 85)
One of the dangers of learning Greek is that after a while you feel like you have a handle on things and don’t need to keep reviewing gramm...
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What Constitutes an Accurate Translation? (Monday with Mounce 75)
I had a fascinating experience this summer. I spent my first three weeks on the NIV translation committee, the CBT. We were locked away in W...
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Are translations really based on the Greek and Hebrew? (Monday with Mounce 31)
I received an interesting question the other day from a Filipino brother. He had learned Greek and was starting to notice certain tendencie...
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