eugene h. peterson was the author of the message bible.
eugene h. peterson was the author of the message bible.
who is the author of the message bible?
eugene h. peterson
while most translations are made by committees of scholars in order to avoid bias or idiosyncrasy, translations are sometimes made by individuals. the translation of j.b. phillips (1958), the bible in living english (1972) by stephen t. byington, j.n. darby's darby bible (1890), heinz cassirer's translation (1989), r.a. knox (1950), gerrit verkuyl's berkeley version (1959), the complete jewish bible (1998) by dr. david h. stern, robert young's literal translation (1862), jay p.green's literal translation (1985), the emphatic diaglott by benjamin wilson (1864), noah webster's bible translation (1833), the original aramaic bible in plain english (2010) by david bauscher, american king james version (1999) by michael engelbrite, the living bible (1971) by kenneth n. taylor, the modern reader's bible (1914) by richard moulton, the five pauline epistles, a new translation (1900) by william gunion rutherford, joseph bryant rotherham's emphasized bible (1902), professor s. h. hooke's the bible in basic english (1949), the holy name bible containing the holy name version of the old and new testaments (1963) by angelo traina, and eugene h. peterson's the message (2002), and father nicholas king's translation of the greek bible into english, are largely the work of individual translators. others, such as robert alter, n. t. wright and dele ikeorha have translated portions of the bible.
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a functional equivalence, or thought-for-thought, translation goes even further than dynamic equivalence, and attempts to give the meaning of entire phrases, sentences, or even passages rather than individual words. while necessarily less precise, functional equivalence can be a more accurate translation method for certain passages, e.g. passages with ancient idioms that a modern reader would not pick up on. paraphrases are typically not intended for in-depth study, but are instead intended to put the basic message of the bible into language which could be readily understood by the typical reader without a theological or linguistic background. the message bible is an example of this kind of translation. the living bible is a paraphrase in the sense of rewording an english translation, rather than a translation using the functional equivalence method.
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