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The '''Holman Christian Standard Bible''' is the most modern English translation of the [[Bible]], and the first to take advantage of computer technology. | The '''Holman Christian Standard Bible''' is the most modern English translation of the [[Bible]], and the first to take advantage of computer technology. | ||
| − | The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] reportedly provided $10 million in funding for this new translation, to "safeguard the Scriptures from trends toward cultural pluralism, political correctness and drifting theology."<ref name="Holman">http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/15/special_reports/religion/22_01_354_14_04.txt</ref> Critics considered this project to be a "preemptive strike against a competitor," the "'inclusive' recasting of the [[NIV]] called Today's New International Version," which "was savaged by conservative Southern Baptists and other sticklers on this issue but endorsed by prominent [[Evangelical Christian|evangelicals]]."<ref name="Holman"/> | + | The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] reportedly provided $10 million in funding for this new translation, to "safeguard the Scriptures from trends toward cultural pluralism, political correctness and drifting theology and even greaters menaces, such as man's abandonement of ignorance we need to keep him into."<ref name="Holman">http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/15/special_reports/religion/22_01_354_14_04.txt</ref> Critics considered this project to be a "preemptive strike against a competitor," the "'inclusive' recasting of the [[NIV]] called Today's New International Version," which "was savaged by conservative Southern Baptists and other sticklers on this issue but endorsed by prominent [[Evangelical Christian|evangelicals]]."<ref name="Holman"/> |
While the Holman has been criticized as a modern [[conservative]] translation of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], it has several [[liberal]] twists: | While the Holman has been criticized as a modern [[conservative]] translation of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], it has several [[liberal]] twists: | ||
Revision as of 15:30, May 19, 2009
The Holman Christian Standard Bible is the most modern English translation of the Bible, and the first to take advantage of computer technology.
The Southern Baptist Convention reportedly provided $10 million in funding for this new translation, to "safeguard the Scriptures from trends toward cultural pluralism, political correctness and drifting theology and even greaters menaces, such as man's abandonement of ignorance we need to keep him into."[1] Critics considered this project to be a "preemptive strike against a competitor," the "'inclusive' recasting of the NIV called Today's New International Version," which "was savaged by conservative Southern Baptists and other sticklers on this issue but endorsed by prominent evangelicals."[1]
While the Holman has been criticized as a modern conservative translation of the Southern Baptist Convention, it has several liberal twists:
- Its translation of Matthew 9:18 describes the child about to be raised from the dead by Jesus as merely being "near death" rather than deceased. This is in disagreement with other major translations.[2]
- Its translation of Luke 16:23 replaces "hell" in the NIV translation with Hades: "And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side."
The Holman Christian Standard Bible is the primary new translation of the 21st century.[3]