Burning Scripture with Passion: A Review of The Psalms (The Passion Translation)
Abstract
Brian Simmons has made a new translation of the Psalms (and now the whole New Testament) which aims to ‘re-introduce the passion and fire of the Bible to the English reader.' He achieves this by abandoning all interest in textual accuracy, playing fast and loose with the original languages, and inserting so much new material into the text that it is at least 50% longer than the original. The result is a strongly sectarian translation that no longer counts as Scripture; by masquerading as a Bible it threatens to bind entire churches in thrall to a false god.
1. Some Reflections on the Task of Bible Translation
Brian Simmons's translation of the Psalms1 is one volume of a projected new Bible, of which the New Testament and a few other Old Testament books are also finished.
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