Tag: ESV
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How Your Bible Changed, and Why | No. 4. So What? Explaining the Data
Last post, we made tools for analyzing changes between various editions of a number of Bible translations. These tools are called critical apparati (singular, apparatus). They concisely list and locate all the variations between two or more editions, as in this example comparing the English Standard Version (ESV) from the years 2011 and 2016: Verse Ref.…
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How Your Bible Changed, and Wh | No. 2. In the Beginning … Overview
The Process of Tracking Changes to Our Bibles Last post we noted that there should be some sort of central audit for noting all changes made to each edition of every major English Bible translation, especially in light of changes made to the New International Version (NIV 2011), English Standard Version (ESV 2016). To start that process, I…
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How Your Bible Changed, and Why | No. 1. Introduction
Bible Changes Got My Attention After reading the changes made to the New International Version (NIV, 2011 ed.) and hearing how Good News Publishers (i.e., Crossway) has repented of its intent to fix for all perpetuity the 2016 edition of the English Standard Version (ESV), I decided to survey changes made to all the major English versions of the Bible.…