Dan Wallace has three criteria in Bible translation: accuracy, readability, and elegance.
- For accuracy as “the translator’s translation”: NET
- For accuracy with readability: NIV
- For understated elegance: ESV
- For elegance with “rich words” and that is “literary”: KJV and REB
- For ecumenical (not one of his three criteria but Wallace still mentioned it): NRSV
Here’s the video from Mike Licona. This video is worth watching for Dan Wallace, who is a professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and a New Testament Textual critic, has great insights into different Bible Translations.
What about you? What are your top picks?
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