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xscot mcknight
I will be blogging shortly on preaching — its problems, and then do a series with Brad Boydston on Doug Pagitt’s new book, Preaching Re-imagined.
Translation: A Mild Case for Dynamic Equivalency
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xscot mcknight
I’ve offered a mild case for inclusive translation in a previous post, and here I will use Kevin Vanhoozer’s section on what “contextual theology is not” and apply his four criteria to “what dynamic equivalency is not.” Some are suggesting that bringing James 1:20 into our world is letting our world determine its meaning. If…
Translation: What’s going on?
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xscot mcknight
Yesterday’s post discussed inclusive translation for public readings, but raised the question of what translation is all about. What are we doing, or trying to do, when we translate? I will begin with James 1:20 again. Here is the original Greek order of words: “Anger/for/of man/righteousness/God/not/produce.” Whenever we translate a sentence like this (from Greek)…
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xscot mcknight
My son’s new post on short stories is up.
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