Why do so many of you use the King James Version for this? If you are going to take it literally, shouldn't you use something translated literally, like Richmond Lattimore's translation of the New Testament?
Lattimore is highly looked upon as the best modern translator of Ancient and Hellenistic Greek. He translated the Illiad, and his translation of that is considered the best English translation. Also, he was not a theologian so he didn't try to make the Bible say anything, he just translated.
So why, even non-Literal Christians, would you use the King James Version of the New Testament over Richmond Lattimores?
This isn't to bash anyone, I just don't get it. When I came across this translation I wondered why every English-speaking Christian doesn't use it.
2007-10-21
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