What do you BB members think of the English Majority Text Version New Testament translated by Paul W. Esposito? Who is Esposito, and what are his qualifications?
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EMTV by Esposito
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My first concern is that Paul is the only translator. Although that seemed to have worked out okay for Tyndale's and Luther's versions.
I have it as an e-sword module but more often use the WEB, or just go to the Byzantine module.
Paul attended Moody Bible Institute, and got his Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies from Brevard Christian University, in Cocoa, Florida. but I can't find any information on the school, especially its accreditation status.
He does say he is self-taught in Greek, which is fine, but the lack of formal training does give me pause.
As I have not used the EMTV extensively I can not offer an opinion on how accurate, over all, the translation actually is.
I have it as an e-sword module but more often use the WEB, or just go to the Byzantine module.
Paul attended Moody Bible Institute, and got his Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies from Brevard Christian University, in Cocoa, Florida. but I can't find any information on the school, especially its accreditation status.
He does say he is self-taught in Greek, which is fine, but the lack of formal training does give me pause.
As I have not used the EMTV extensively I can not offer an opinion on how accurate, over all, the translation actually is.
I have the module in E-Sword and use it for comparison from time to time, but I can't say I've read it extensively.
According to his letter to readers, it began based on the 2005 Hodges and Farstad text but he has revised his NT over the years by comparison with the Robinson/Pierpont Byzantine text and Wilbur Pickering's text. Pickering is in the process of revising his own translation: Pickering's Textual Criticism - New Bible Translation
According a blurb on a site offering his books, "Dr. Paul W. Esposito is the President and founder of Stauros Ministries, located in Merritt Island, Florida. He has a B.A. in Biblical Studies, an M.A in Church Administration, and a Ph.D in Theology. He is self taught in the Greek language, having put 10 years into learning Koine Greek."
According to his letter to readers, it began based on the 2005 Hodges and Farstad text but he has revised his NT over the years by comparison with the Robinson/Pierpont Byzantine text and Wilbur Pickering's text. Pickering is in the process of revising his own translation: Pickering's Textual Criticism - New Bible Translation
According a blurb on a site offering his books, "Dr. Paul W. Esposito is the President and founder of Stauros Ministries, located in Merritt Island, Florida. He has a B.A. in Biblical Studies, an M.A in Church Administration, and a Ph.D in Theology. He is self taught in the Greek language, having put 10 years into learning Koine Greek."
BTW: Esposito also updated Brenton's translation of the Septuagint (The Apostles' Bible). This is a bit puzzling to me. While I certainly don't object to translations of the LXX (I've downloaded Charles Van der Pool's Apostolic Bible Polyglot, an interlinear translation of the LXX and refer to it from time to time), I find it a bit odd that Esposito, while railing against the Critical Text, completes his Bible with a translation of the Septuagint, not the Masoretic Text. This is reasonable given that he apparently doesn't know Hebrew, but it seems odd that he would expend so much energy on a text that differs more from the received Hebrew text than the Critical Text departs from the Byzantine text.
I would also mention another English translation of the Byzantine text form: the English Orthodox Bible. It's an English translation of the 1904 Patriarchal Text collated from lectionaries (sections of the Bible read in Greek-speaking churches).
Interestingly, someone has used the KJV as the basis for another English translation but corrected it to the Patriarchal Text when the KJV differs from the 1904 Greek text. King James Version - Patriarchal Text
I would also mention another English translation of the Byzantine text form: the English Orthodox Bible. It's an English translation of the 1904 Patriarchal Text collated from lectionaries (sections of the Bible read in Greek-speaking churches).
Interestingly, someone has used the KJV as the basis for another English translation but corrected it to the Patriarchal Text when the KJV differs from the 1904 Greek text. King James Version - Patriarchal Text
I had ordered and just received yesterday a copy of Pickering's English translation of his Greek text. It is entitled The Sovereign Creator Has Spoken [second edition].
I also got a copy of Pickering's book entitled God Has Preserved His Text: The Divine Preservation of the New Testament.
His Greek NT text can be downloaded at www.prunch.org