I’m starting to see some level-headed thinking and writing on the topic of the TNIV. After all the rhetorical grenades that have been tossed from the anti-TNIV camp, it’s nice to finally see some thoughtful discussion. Mark Roberts has put together a series of articles on how we ought to approach the TNIV discussion.

I like some of his starting points:

1. No translation is perfect.
2. There is not a one-to-one correspondence of meaning between languages.
3. Translation is more of an art than a science.
4. Biblical scholarship is continually changing our understanding of what the original words actually meant.

If you are tired of being told what to believe by the Dobson spin machine, go read this article. It’s a great place to start this discussion.

Hat tip!