At a time when the words of the late British novelist, scholar and lay theologian C.S. Lewis are reaching more people than ever, a newly published Bible bearing his name has excited fans and provoked debate over whether Lewis would have approved.
But no sooner had the new Bible appeared than some evangelical conservatives circulated a petition saying Lewis' name and writings should not be paired with a gender-neutral translation of the Bible that came out decades after his 1963 death.
Louis Markos, an English professor at Houston Baptist University, sent the petition to 1,000 academics urging that HarperOne withdraw the book. About 35 representatives of colleges and religious journals have signed. "The majority consensus among C.S. Lewis scholars is that Lewis was firmly against gender-neutral usage and the egalitarianism on which it is based," the petition says....
The first criteria any Bible that is to be used in a church pew, is it in good contemporary English? It should automatically be excluded if it isn't. Restating The Obvious About Bible Translations.
BIB, good point, but as I understand it, the Crown is to take control off the AV this year, q.v., Authorized King James Version.
It seems to often that many don't realize that most Christians consider these verses really should be applied to the whole Bible,
Revelation 22 18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.---NASB
Candra wrote: Am I the only one wondering why there is no petition to stop the formation of a bible of *any* version with a heretic's notes attached? Yuck!
Circle the answer corresponding to a Bible translation with every jot and tittle controlled by an ecclesiastical organization (in contrast to the copyright owned by a secular corporation):
(1.) New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, (c) 1984).
(2.) The Book of Mormon (Intellectual Reserve, Inc. for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (c) 2004).
(3.) Authorized King James Version (British Crown, Leader of the Anglican Communion, (c) 2011 [Worldwide open copyright and free reproduction except in UK]).
(4.) New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (USCCB, Roman Catholic Church, (c) 1991).
Brian Edwards | 7/17/2008
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