Kenneth Taylor?

[DeclareHim]

This happens to be a question about Kenneth Taylor translator of the Living Bible. Or paraphraser may be the more accurate term. Anyway many KJVO I know and a few of modern versionist I know claim that Kenneth Taylor has lost his speech since the Living Bible's release. Is this true? I know probably just another baseless rumor but still thought I would ask. One group I think everyone knows who claims it's a plague described in Revelation and befell Mr. Taylor because he was the man responsible for the LB.

 

[DeclareHim]

I recieved a email from a KJVO group the other day and it is filled with lies and mistatements. I'm just wondering about ol'Kenneth Taylor.

 

[gb93433]

Originally posted by DeclareHim:
This happens to be a question about Kenneth Taylor translator of the Living Bible. Or paraphraser may be the more accurate term. Anyway many KJVO I know and a few of modern versionist I know claim that Kenneth Taylor has lost his speech since the Living Bible's release. Is this true?

Ask them for their documentation and ask to see it.

Take a look at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/123/55.0.html "His son, Mark, is currently the president of Tyndale House, publishers of The New Living Translation (a translation rather than a paraphrase), the bestselling Left Behind series, the McGee and Me! video series and a substantial backlist of fiction and nonfiction."

 

[Rippon]

Ken Taylor died last year . His son Mark is at the helm . And NLT 2 is an improvement over NLT 1 which was a rather extensive revamp of the Living Bible . I like NLT 2 .

 

[DeclareHim]

Kenneth, eagerly attending Sunday school, was early impressed with the inestimable value of Scripture. He once saw his father accidentally drop a Bible; and with almost ceremonial gentility, the Reverend Taylor picked it up from the floor. Kenneth respected the Word, but he wrestled with archaisms in the King James Bible—a certain portent of future editorial tasks. As publisher and writer, he would similarly honor the Bible and its effective communication.

This is an awesome statement.

Taylor's college years were not entirely free of discord. Reading Borden of Yale, he discovered that God allowed William Borden, a vibrant and wholly dedicated Christian, to die miserably of fever. Taylor, shattered at this apparent waste, deliberately turned his back on God. Then, he reflects, God "reached out and grabbed me and pulled me back." Deeply contrite, he surrendered his life to any and all spheres of Christian service.

Good information.

(From Christianity Today article)

 

[Ransom]

DeclareHim said:

Anyway many KJVO I know and a few of modern versionist I know claim that Kenneth Taylor has lost his speech since the Living Bible's release. Is this true?

In a matter of speaking. Taylor died last year.

My recollection is that he had had a stroke or something a number of years ago that affected his voice. Of course, such an affliction, though unfortunate, is not uncommon in the elderly. It is the height of presumption for KJV-onlyists to claim God was punishing him for paraphrasing the Bible.