Archive for category NRSV
Review: New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition-Part 2
Posted by Craig Falvo in Book Review, NRSV on July 20, 2010
In this installment, I will be looking at the text of the notes and introductions to the different books. To make it totally random, I just opened my copy of the NOAB3 to and picked the first note I saw.
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| Ezekiel 18.1-4 Note | Sins and their punishments may involve long-term consequence for the corporate community, as 16.44; Ex 20.5 recognize. In the exiles’ current situation, however, it is not appropriate for them to blame their ancestors for their misfortunes, as they were doing (Jer 31.29-30). Ezekiel’s audience is far from an innocent generation. Nevertheless, individuals within the community can take responsibility, turn from sin, and chose life amidst the coming corporate (communal) punishment. | The text does not necessarily deny the notion of corporate (communal) punishment or contradict the statement of Ex 20.5 that parents can pass on the consequences of sin to their children. In places such as 16.44 and 20.4, 30 Ezekiel affirms that sins and their punishments may involve long term consequences for individuals and for the corporate community. What Ezekiel is stressing is that the exiles cannot hide behind a defense of fatalism but must take responsibility for their present circumstances and their future. The prophet’s audience is far from an innocent generation, and it is not appropriate for them to view their present fate as inexorably determined by past actions of their ancestors (cf. Jer 31.29-30, which quotes the same proverb). |
| Mark 7.1-5 Note | As representatives of the Jerusalem religious establishment, the Pharisees and scribes cultivated oral traditions of the elders supplementary to the law of Moses, in this story focused on purity codes for processing and eating food. | As representatives of the Jerusalem Temple, the political-economic as well as religious capital of Judea, the Pharisees and scribes cultivated oral tradition of the elders supplementary to the law of Moses, in this story focused on purity codes for processing and eating foods. |
For the introduction, I chose the book of Job. The NAOB4 was divided up into sections: Name and Location in Canon; Authorship, Date of Composition, and Historical Context; Literary History, Structure, and Contents; Interpretation; Guide to Reading. The NAOB3 did not have any division of sections. Most of the introduction of Job in the NAOB4 was rewritten. This was not true for all introductions, some only received minor updates.
Overall Assessment:
I really like the changes made in the NAOB4. I think the editors did a great job of keeping the NAOB “classic but not stodgy, up-to-date but not trendy”.
Review: New Oxford Annotated Bible 4th Edition
Posted by Craig Falvo in Book Review, NRSV on July 13, 2010
The first part of my review of the New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition (hereafter NOAB4) will focus more on appearance than on content.
Here is a picture of the 3rd and 4th editions. The 4th edition is on top.
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| Pages | 2432 | 2480 |
| Dimensions | 9.3×6.8×2.1 | 9.3×6.9×1.9 |
| Page Numbering | Page numbering varies depending on the section: [785 Hebrew Bible] or [257 New Testament]. | Page numbering is sequential and consistent throughout: Hebrew Bible | 613 or New Testament | 2067. |
Misc cosmetic changes:
- The print of the NOAB4 is smaller than the print in the NOAB3.
I like the change made in the numbering of pages. The page numbering in the NAOB3 didn’t make much sense. Concerning the font size, the smaller print of the NAOB4 hasn’t really bothered me. I like that the NAOB4 is a little thinner than the NAOB3. I used the NAOB3 during seminary, and it was a beast to lug to and from class. All in all, I approve of the cosmetic changes.
My next post will look at the content of the NOAB4.
Just Arrived
Posted by Craig Falvo in Bible Translation, NRSV on July 12, 2010
I recently submitted a request to Oxford University Press to get a review copy of the Fourth Edition New Oxford Annotated Bible. I know it’s not the NLT…I think Joel will let it slide. He doesn’t make one subscribe to NLT-onlyism to blog here. 
Keep an eye out for my review. I’ll be comparing the Fourth Edition to the Third Edition.
Examples from the New Living Translation’s Deuterocanon
Posted by Joel in Deuterocanon, NLT, NRSV on November 11, 2009
Below are three less than random examples from the NLT’s Deuterocanon.
Psalm 151: A New Translation
Posted by Joel in NRSV, Psalm 151, Septuagint on November 11, 2009
A few years ago, when I taught a youth Sunday School class, I asked them to read Psalm 151 in their bibles for next Sunday. Surprisingly, over half of them did. Of course, Psalm 151 is not printed in the King James Version….
Deuteronomy 33.26-29, (LXX) Some thoughts
Posted by Joel in Deuteronomy, NRSV, Old Testament, Septuagint on February 10, 2009
“There is no one like the God of the Beloved,
Who rides the heavens and is your help,
And the Magnificent One of the firmament,There is Protection in of the rule of God –
Who is under the strength of the everlasting arms;
He will drive out the enemy from before your face,
Saying, “Destroy!’Then Israel shall dwell in hope,
Alone in the land of Jacob,
In a land of grain and new wine;
His heavens shall also drop dew.Happy are you, O Israel!
Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD?
Your helper will defend as with a shield
And the sword shall be your boast!Your enemies shall speak falsely to you,
And you shall tread on their neck.”
My immediate thought concerns the God Who has no equal – and I think upon His Church. So many times we see people attempting to turn the Church into that which is like the world. We adopt their music, their style, their doctrine and theology, and their agendas. Our God has none like Him, and yet we would turn His body into a similitude of the adversary.
This passage begins with Moses giving blessings to the tribes of Israel, but ends with a psalm of praise to God. Of all the blessings that each tribe will be given, there is none like the blessing of having the one God to rule and to protect all of Israel. There is hope and strength in God alone, or divine protection under the rule of God.
It is a reminder for Israel not to go after foreign gods and kings, for they could not provide the protection of God.
This psalm is also a summation of the Covenant – if Israel was to stay under the rule of God, in the refuge of the Eternal God, then the enemies of the People would be thrust out from before them and be destroyed.
The NRSV at verse 27 attempts to reconstruct the Hebrew, and arrives at this,
He subdues the ancient gods, shatters the forces of old; he drove out the enemy before you, and said, “Destroy!”(Deuteronomy 33:27 NRVS)
This translation feeds the next verse, in that after these obsolete deities are driven away, after the high places are destroyed, all Israel will dwell alone in the land that God has given them. It is the same as the Church – when we remove those foreign gods from our lives, we will dwell with God alone. Would God really share His glory with another? Would we really seek to live under the protection of God and another?
"Gender Inclusive" – Is the KJV "Gender Inclusive"?
The KJVO supporters usually criticize the TNIV and NRSV on the grounds that they use ‘gender inclusive’ language – yet the KJV promoted that venue long before those versions were thought of. Granted, the KJVO does not go far enough in translating gender all that well, but it is interesting to note that they did allow for some less than literal translations. The goal of this article is to show that some of the criticisms leveled against the newer versions can be found to be equally leveled at the KJV.
