[sword-devel] Open source German Volxbibel
Peter von Kaehne
refdoc at gmx.net
Sat Dec 27 05:08:57 MST 2008
Manfred Bergmann wrote:
> AFAIK it is only NewTestament
The OT appears under work.
> ... and the transaltion is very, very modern.
"Odd" is probably the best description.
But, the print version is selling like ice cream on a hot summer day,
appears theologically correct (endorsements by a wide variety of
theologians), while chosing its very own approach to language.
> Some do not accept that as a translation of Gods word.
Paraphrase is a better term than translation and any "about" should
reflect this. It is no translation. But we do have other paraphrases,
and they do have their place.
> But still we could create a module from it.
Seconded.
Peter
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