Free isn’t always good. During a bible class about a month back, our pastor handed out some complimentary Bible tabs. Ever the skinflint, I scooped up a set and spent hours carefully applying them to my favourite church/daily devotions NLT Bible – and almost immediately regretted it.
Tabs obscuring tabs, tabs tearing pages (of Lamentations appropriately enough), tabs generally making life more difficult – all of which are pretty much the antithesis of their stated purpose. Early Saturday morning, with a fortifying coffee in one hand and the kitchen scissors in the other, I removed them and got the Bible I’d missed.
Although I’ve just grabbed a new NLT Study Bible to add to my collection, I like the premise of the Holy Bible: Mosaic from Tyndale House Publishers. I have swapped a few tweets with Mosaic’s general editor Keith Williams in recent weeks and notice that he’s just popped out a video overview of Mosaic and its features.
Three interesting NLT blog posts exploring some of the differences between the NLT and other translations and looking at underlying differences between dynamic equivalence (“word-for-word”) translations and formal equivalence (“essentially literal”) translations.
The NorWestern is a car park. Hoping to be at work by lunchtime. - posted on 07/09/2010 09:34:59
@Miraz No, a rare occurence! I'm just a cork tossed on the stormy SuperCity seas seeking safe harbour! - posted on 06/09/2010 10:23:36
@crystalann99 sounds lovely - looking forward to our summer! - posted on 06/09/2010 10:18:19
Pre-meeting coffee in the CBD, then meeting my soon-to-be boss, then post-meeting coffee with colleague then drive to lunch with a friend - posted on 06/09/2010 10:17:05
Great bowling fun made even better by No 4 secretly asking staff to play requests for me on the big screen video jukebox! #topdaughter - posted on 04/09/2010 19:34:17
