Reformation Monk,

I would like to recommend a couple of books to you which deal with this issue of "Dynamic Equivalence" and the New International Version Bible. My favorite is evidently out of print at this time and my own personal copy is missing from my library, having loaned it out to an assumed trusted borrower who never returned it. The title is, The Future of the Bible, by Jakob Van Bruggen. The second, however, is still in print and published by The Banner of Truth. Its title is, Accuracy of Translation And the New International Version, by Robert P. Martin. His concluding remarks from his study of the NIV and critique of the "Dynamic Equivalence" philosophy of translation can be read here: Is the NIV an Accurate Translation?.

In His Grace,


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