A User's Guide To Bible Translations <subTitle>Making The Most Of Different Versions</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Dewey, David</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>InterVarsity Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2004</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>239tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>21cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Escorts you through the history of Bible versions in English from Wycliffe and Tyndale to the English Standard Version and Today's New International Version, with explanatory glances at the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and translation theories along the way. In straightforward language, David Dewey explains how we ended up with so many versions of the Bible, shedding light on the difference between word-for-word and meaning-for-meaning translations, the controversy over gender accuracy, and issues of theological bias.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">David Dewey</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Versions -- History</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Translating</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- English Versions</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.52</classification> <classification authority="ddc">D519-D25</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780830832736, 0830832734</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13936/a.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13936/a.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071316.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>