The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation (Paperback)
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As an expert in English literature and literary theory, Leland Ryken approaches the translation debate from a practical artistic viewpoint in The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation. He believes that many modern translations take liberties with the biblical text that would not be allowed with any other type of literary work. Also, what readers are presented with as biblical text is actually far from the original text. In literature, a simplified version of Mil...