Bible Translation Spectrum

[[Bible Book Abbreviations >> https://www.logos.com/bible-book-abbreviations]]

[[Common Resource Abbreviations]]

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[[Bible-Researcher English >> http://www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html]]

[[Bible Gateway Reading Levels >> https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2016/06/bible-translation-reading-levels/]]

[[Reading Level of the KJV >> https://byfaithweunderstand.com/2015/02/23/the-reading-level-of-the-kjv/]]

[[Scott David: Spectrum Chart >> https://www.identity-intelligence.org/content/bibles-diagram.png]]

[[Scott David: Bible Table >> https://www.identity-intelligence.org/content/bibles-table.png]]

[[Jan Krohn: Source&Affiliation >> https://community.logos.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/147/1348.Unbenannt.PNG]]

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Bible Translating has a spectrum of target equivalence approaches ranging from formal to functional with dynamic in between. *Formal* seeks literal rendering of original language into target language, which wants to preserve original word order as much as practical. Also literal goal is one translated word for one original word. In contrast, *functional* equivalence focuses on phrasing meaning using contemporary colloquialism. In a sense, functional equivalence is an application commentary of th (…)

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*[[Thought for Thought >> # Thought for Thought]]*

*[[Paraphrase >> # Paraphrase]]*

{{# Consolidated Scott David's Chart => https://community.logos.com/forums/p/182774/1057414.aspx#1057414, Jan Krohn's Sources & Affiliations => https://community.logos.com/forums/p/182774/1057492.aspx#1057492, Bible Gateway reading levels => https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2016/06/bible-translation-reading-levels/ with Logos.com product information and Wikipedia translation information }}

 

Year released or revised (with ~ suffix for Bibles not offered by Faithlife)

Bible abbreviation for resource filtering

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| 1970 | NEB | 7+ | N | * | [[New English Bible with Apocrypha (NEB) >> https://www.logos.com/product/24552]] | Masoretic Text, R.V.G. Tasker | Protestant |

| 1959 | EBR | 12+ | A | | [[Emphasized Bible, Rotherdam (EBR) >> https://www.logos.com/product/5934]] | Masoretic Text, Westcott-Hort | Evangelical |

| 1958~ | Phillips | 10+ | | | J.B. Phillips NT in Modern English  | Nestle-Aland | Evangelical |

 

| 1768 | Harwood | 12+ | | | [[Liberal Translation of the New Testament >> https://www.logos.com/product/126600]] | Greek | Elegance |

 

!! Paraphrase

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| 1992 | CPG | 5+ | | | [[Cotton Patch Gospel (CPG) >> https://www.logos.com/product/3531]] | | Koinonia |

| 1971 | TLB | 5+ | | | [[The Living Bible, Paraphrased (TLB) >> https://www.logos.com/product/239]] | ASV | Kenneth Taylor |

| 1958~ | Phillips | 10+ | | | J.B. Phillips NT in Modern English  | Nestle-Aland | Evangelical |

| 1768 | Harwood | 12+ | | | [[Liberal Translation of the New Testament >> https://www.logos.com/product/126600]] | Greek | Elegance |