Subject: tc-list Revised Literal&Gender

From: "Prof. Ron Minton" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:01:54 -0600 (Central Standard Time)

We speak a lot of translation philosophy.  This chart (REVISED March 2,
1999) attempts to arrange the translations below from the very literal to
the full paraphrase.  Suggestions are welcome.  Also, I do not have a NEB
with me and am estimating the date.  Comments on the gender chart are also
sought.

	LITERAL, FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT, AND PARAPHRASE

	LITERAL
	1885 English Revised Version
	1901 American Standard Version
	1970 New American Standard Version
	1982 New King James Version
	1611 King James Version
	1917 The Holy Scriptures (Jewish)

	LITERAL/DYNAMIC EQUIVALENT
	1952 Revised Standard Version
	1978 New International Version
	1989 New Revised Standard Version
	1970 New American Bible
	1996 New International Version Inclusive

	DYNAMIC EQUIVALENT
	1985 New Jerusalem Bible
	1989 Revised English Bible
	1996 New Living Translation
	1995 Contemporary English Version
	1985 Tanakh: A New Translation (Jewish)
	1970 New English Bible

	DYNAMIC EQUIVALENT/PARAPHRASE
	1976 Today's English Version
	1995 God's Word
	1996 New Century Version
	1958 Phillips Version

	PARAPHRASE
	1993 The Message
	1971 Living Bible

	GENDER-INCLUSIVE TRANSLATIONS

 1.	** An Inclusive Language Lectionary (N. Council of Chur, 1983) 
 2.	New Jerusalem Bible (NJB - 1985)
 3.	New Century Version (NCV - 1986, 1987, 1988)
 4.	New American Bible (NAB - 1988 and 1990 revisions)
 5.	Revised English Bible (REB - 1989)
 6.	New Revised Standard Version (NRSV - 1989)
 7.	Good News Bible (GNB - 1992 revision)
 8.	The Message (1993)
 9.	The New International Reader's Version (1994, 1996, not 1998).
10.	** The Inclusive New Testament (Priests for Equality, 1994) 
11.	Contemporary English Version (CEV - 1995)
12.	God's Word (GW - 1995)
13.	New International Version Inclusive Language Edition (NIVI-1995)
	it was published only in Great Britain)
14.	** New Testament and Psalms, An Inclusive Version (Oxford
	University, 1995)
15.	New Living Translation (NLT - 1996).

	** = The more radical feminist translations.

blessings,
Ron Minton
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