Translating Truth

Translating Truth: The Case for Essentially Literal Bible Translation (Foreword by J.I. Packer)
C. John Collins, Wayne Grudem, Vern Sheridan Poythress, Leland Ryken, Bruce Winter, J. I. Packer (Foreword)

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This book, by five translators of the English Standard Version (ESV) Bible, explains the differences between essentially literal translations and the alternatives.

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Contents

Publisher's Note 7
Foreword by J. I. Packer 9
Contributors 15
Abbreviations of Scripture Versions 17
1. Are Only Some Words of Scripture Breathed Out by God? Why Plenary Inspiration Favors "Essentially Literal" Bible Translation
Wayne Grudem 		19
2. Five Myths About Essentially Literal Bible Translation
Leland Ryken 		57
3. What the Reader Wants and the Translator Can Give: First John as a Test Case
C. John Collins 		77
4. Truth and Fullness of Meaning: Fullness Versus Reductionistic Semantics in Biblical Interpretation
Vern Sheridan Poythress 		113
5. Revelation Versus Rhetoric: Paul and the First-century Corinthian Fad
Bruce Winter 		135
General Index 151
Scripture Index 155

About the Contributors

Dr. Wayne Grudem is a graduate of Harvard, Westminster Theological Seminary, and the University of Cambridge, England. He is the former president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and is Research Professor of Bible and Theology at Phoenix Seminary.

Leland Ryken (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is Professor of English at Wheaton College. He has authored or edited several books, including The Word of God in English, The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, and The Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. He is a frequent speaker at the Evangelical Theological Society and served as literary stylist for The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.