Are they the same translation? Apart from the number of books, of course. (one is a Catholic Bible, the other a Protestant)
2007-02-15 02:09:17 · 6 answers · asked by green_guy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No definitely not. I have read both. The translations were done by totally different groups of scholars. Both are thoroughly researched translations based on the oldest original source documents available but their phraseology is not identical. However I believe both translations to be legitimate. I prefer the NAB as I am Catholic.
2007-02-15 02:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The NAB is a newer catholic translation from an earlier one.
The NIV is "not" a protestant translation but a universal one. The translators came from many countries and denominations of which none were Catholic and maybe 3 were Protestant. The NIV is probably the most popular translation today.
Many people do not understand this but, there are many Christian denominations in the world today that are not Catholic, nor are they Protestant.
2007-02-15 02:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by Desperado 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not the same translation. They were done by different people (one by a mostly Catholic group and the other by a mostly Protestant group).
However, they are translated from the same Hebrew and Greek text. So they are going to agree with each other.
You will find some differences in style (such as the Greek does not use an 's on the end of words - like "Tom's dog" - it always says "the dog of Tom" - but as it is often better English to say Tom's dog, some translations do). You may also find some difference in word order (The Greek always says "house yellow" not "yellow house" - but to make sense in English, you have to turn the words around). And you may find some difference in volcabulary (in America we say "elevator" - in Britian they say "lift". Depending on where the translators come from, they may vary a bit).
But when you look at the actual meaning of the scriptures, they are the same between both translations. They contain the same material translated from the same Hebrew and Greek text.
2007-02-15 02:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Green....no they are not the same. If you want to check out different Bibles:
http://www.e-sword.net/bibles.html
This is actually a downloadable, searchable Bible program...most of it is free, but they do accept donations
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/bibleorigin.html
This is a fairly fair (I love writing that) history of the Bible as well as answering some other questions that come up on here.
PEG
2007-02-15 02:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are supposed to be. However, I can't help but notice how a publisher's own philosophy seems to penetrate the pages.
2007-02-15 02:23:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they were seperate translatoins and thus the reading is different.
2007-02-15 02:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋