• Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Is the NET Bible formal equivalence or functional equivalence?

alexander284

alexander284

Well-Known Member
Is the NET Bible formal equivalence or functional equivalence?

I'd appreciate it hearing your thoughts on this. Thank you.
 
R

rlvaughn

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
I have no personal experience with this Bible, but because of reading your post, I Googled it. The Bible-Researcher site says:
The translators have for the most part employed a dynamic equivalence method, in which they have tried to use expressions in "common language."
Click to expand...
Another interesting fact there is that this Bible is basically a project of faculty and students of Dallas Theological Seminary.
 
alexander284

alexander284

Well-Known Member
rlvaughn said:
I have no personal experience with this Bible, but because of reading your post, I Googled it. The Bible-Researcher site says:

Another interesting fact there is that this Bible is basically a project of faculty and students of Dallas Theological Seminary.
Click to expand...

Wow. Thank you so much for
rlvaughn said:
I have no personal experience with this Bible, but because of reading your post, I Googled it. The Bible-Researcher site says:

Another interesting fact there is that this Bible is basically a project of faculty and students of Dallas Theological Seminary.
Click to expand...

Wow. Thank you so much for researching this for me! And that last tidbit of information you provided me with is, indeed, quite fascinating.
 
R

rlvaughn

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
You're welcome. I found that info HERE.
Although the Introduction does not mention it, seventeen of these people were teachers at DTS; and of the remaining six, five were students at DTS. Only one (William Barrick) has no obvious connection to Dallas Theological Seminary. Some of them have no publications, and are little-known outside of DTS. Evidently the version was almost entirely a project of the members of the DTS faculty, assisted by their students.
Click to expand...
(Not sure when that was written; perhaps some of the little-known ones would be better-known now.)
 
V

Van

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
I really like the NET because it boldly presents a clear message, such as going away from the ambiguous "faith of Christ" to Christ's faithfulness. In looking at comparison charts, it is found in the middle, not as formal as LEB, NASB, WEB, and not as functional as NLT, or Living Bible. It is usually close to the NIV, or near the middle of the spectrum.

This website has the "principles of translation" for the NET.
NET Bible : The Biblical Studies Foundation
 
alexander284

alexander284

Well-Known Member
rlvaughn said:
You're welcome. I found that info HERE.
(Not sure when that was written; perhaps some of the little-known ones would be better-known now.)
Click to expand...

Again, I appreciate your help! And since we're on the subject ... I'd be very interested to know your thoughts regarding Dallas Theological Seminary.
 
R

rlvaughn

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
alexander284 said:
Again, I appreciate your help! And since we're on the subject ... I'd be very interested to know your thoughts regarding Dallas Theological Seminary.
Click to expand...
You're welcome.

On the subject of Dallas Theological Seminary, I'll not say much, because they exist outside my personal experience. What I know I have read or heard. A number of people speak very highly of DTS, that they have a good language program, are conservative, etc., etc. If I remember correctly, they are theological heirs of C. I. Scofield. They are a bastion of dispensationalism. Their theology intersects in many places with Baptists, but I believe they diverge from Baptists on ecclesiology. Their doctrinal statement is HERE, which appears to not mention church government and is vague on the ordinances.
 
alexander284

alexander284

Well-Known Member
rlvaughn said:
You're welcome.

On the subject of Dallas Theological Seminary, I'll not say much, because they exist outside my personal experience. What I know I have read or heard. A number of people speak very highly of DTS, that they have a good language program, are conservative, etc., etc. If I remember correctly, they are theological heirs of C. I. Scofield. They are a bastion of dispensationalism. Their theology intersects in many places with Baptists, but I believe they diverge from Baptists on ecclesiology. Their doctrinal statement is HERE, which appears to not mention church government and is vague on the ordinances.
Click to expand...

Again, I feel I must thank you for your
rlvaughn said:
You're welcome.

On the subject of Dallas Theological Seminary, I'll not say much, because they exist outside my personal experience. What I know I have read or heard. A number of people speak very highly of DTS, that they have a good language program, are conservative, etc., etc. If I remember correctly, they are theological heirs of C. I. Scofield. They are a bastion of dispensationalism. Their theology intersects in many places with Baptists, but I believe they diverge from Baptists on ecclesiology. Their doctrinal statement is HERE, which appears to not mention church government and is vague on the ordinances.
Click to expand...

Again, I wish to thank you for your helpful insights!

And as soon as you mentioned Scofield, it brought to mind some positive memories of the old Scofield Study Bible. :)
 
alexander284

alexander284

Well-Known Member
rlvaughn said:
Yes, in that chapter it looks like they probably have a note on every verse, and several notes on some verses.
Click to expand...

You know, I can't quite put my finger on it, but some of translation choices the NET Bible makes just seem to be a bit "odd" to me, for some reason.
 
McCree79

McCree79

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
alexander284 said:
You know, I can't quite put my finger on it, but some of translation choices the NET Bible makes just seem to be a bit "odd" to me, for some reason.
Click to expand...
There is two versions now. I have been using the 2nd Edition recently. I find it to be a good dynamic translation. Great to read parallel with the NASB ot ESV.

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
 
alexander284

alexander284

Well-Known Member
McCree79 said:
There is two versions now. I have been using the 2nd Edition recently. I find it to be a good dynamic translation. Great to read parallel with the NASB ot ESV.

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

Is it somewhere between the NIV and the NLT, would you venture to say?
 
Jerome

Jerome

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
rlvaughn said:
info HERE
Click to expand...
"Although the Introduction does not mention it, seventeen of these people were teachers at DTS; and of the remaining six, five were students at DTS. Only one (William Barrick) has no obvious connection to Dallas Theological Seminary."
Click to expand...
more from your link:
"Evidently the people involved in the version have some interest in concealing its 'Dallas' connection."
Click to expand...
"The preface states that the idea for the version was conceived in November 1995 during discussions with an anonymous 'sponsor'"
Click to expand...
Thank you. Very troubling.

We need to find out just who this anonymous person is, who's bankrolling this translation!
 
Jerome

Jerome

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Preface - NET Bible

"The project began on a rainy night in November 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....a group of Old and New Testament scholars met over dinner at a fine Italian restaurant with the sponsor of the project."
Click to expand...

So...who is this 'NET' Bible's, mysterious financier anyway?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top