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ESV Use and Future

Discussion in '2003 Archive' started by Clay Knick, Apr 5, 2003.

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  1. neal4christ

    neal4christ New Member

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    I am wavering between the NKJV and the ESV as my default version. I use the ESV a lot and am very pleased so far. There are a few areas of concern that I have seen, but it is not much. It is definitely one of the better translations I have seen recently. I would just like to add that I am not a Calvinist (not Arminian either, somewhere in between) but have no problems using the ESV.

    I think it will catch on sometime, it just may be a while. It has already had extremely strong first year sales and it already has software and a concordance, definite pluses. It will face competition from the HCSB, but I think the ESV will be more widely accepted because the perception probably will be that the HCSB is a Southern Baptist translation.

    Neal
     
    #21 neal4christ, Apr 7, 2003
  2. Pete Richert

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    ESV indeed does face tough compitition. It competes on an ideological (FE VS DE) side with many translations like the NIV and NLT, and it seems that DE wins over the general public in sales. On the FE side, it must compete word for word with the NASB, and soon the HCSB and ISV since they use the same text. It also competes with the NKJV but of course, they are using a different textual basis.

    This is just a theory I am throwing out there, but don't you think that since new translations (ie the ESV) tend to be made by seminary or at least college professors, that seminary students of today will have direct access to these translations, and that they will be more influenced to begin their ministries with a focus on these translations (if they have a choice) then a pastor who trained under the NASB and has used it for 20 years. Perhaps it is just a matter of time before the ESV spreads across American Churches under the arms of the next generation of pastors. Just a thought. My physics professor is college, while discussing huge paradigm shifts in theories in Physics, mentioned that rarely does the older generation of physicists actually get convinced but simply die out and the new theories get ushered in with the new generation. (Little pessimistic on his part but he did know his science history).
     
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  3. neal4christ

    neal4christ New Member

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    I would tend to agree with you. I am currently a seminary student and have just started using the ESV. There are others here that do as well, even some of the professors. I think that is where the ESV will gain a foothold, is in seminaries first, then in the churches and general public.

    Neal
     
    #23 neal4christ, Apr 7, 2003
  4. Clay Knick

    Clay Knick New Member

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    I think the ESV is and will be prized
    highly by scholars, preachers, and
    teachers of the Word. I'm not sure
    about others. I think the NIV will
    remain quite popular among those
    who read the Bible regularly. The
    NLT too. In fact the NLT will appear
    in a revised edition next year. I
    believe it will be called the NLT 2.0.

    The ESV is great, I use it all the time.
    One reason (among many!) that I like it so
    much is that it is so much like my beloved
    RSV. The RSV was the translation I grew
    up with and used in theological school.

    By the way, the RSV 50th in leather is
    a beautiful Bible. I highly recommend
    it in leather or hardback.

    Clay
     
    #24 Clay Knick, Apr 7, 2003
  5. Clay Knick

    Clay Knick New Member

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    The ESV Deluxe is just about to be released.

    Clay
     
    #25 Clay Knick, Apr 8, 2003
  6. TomVols

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    Clay,
    Have you heard a date?
     
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  7. Clay Knick

    Clay Knick New Member

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    Tom,

    I think the hardback and bonded are
    available. The genuine leather editions
    will be out later in April. The print
    size will be larger, a 10.5 font. There
    is a calfskin edition at around $200.00
    too. I want to look at the genuine leather
    edition and see the print before I buy
    one. I may wait to see what they do with
    the large print this summer or fall. I
    don't know if the binding will be sewn
    or glued. Crossway is new to bible publishing!

    I really like the ESV, it is like an old
    friend. It is so good to use as a default
    translation and then to compare with others.

    Clay
     
    #27 Clay Knick, Apr 8, 2003
  8. Clay Knick

    Clay Knick New Member

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    Tom,

    April 21st and 29th are dates that the
    ESV Deluxe, in various bindings, will
    be available.

    Clay
    ESV Man
    Bible Man (I love them all!)
    Word Merchant
     
    #28 Clay Knick, Apr 8, 2003
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