Role of the Author
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Re: Role of the Author
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I totally agree; it appears that many of us are on the same page. I think it would be very difficult, as the author, to not have some influence on how the book is interpreted.Sweet Psamy wrote: ↑08 Aug 2019, 14:59 For me it's an 'opiniated translation'. It's more of the author's personal opinion.
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In Revelation it says that anyone who changes what is written in the Bible will find their names removed from the Book of Life. I feel like The Message was a valid interpretation in plain, modern story-telling lingo. There could probably be better ones in the future, but this book seems to change way to much of the truth written in the Bible. Too much is left to the author's beliefs and interpretations, rather than transliteration based on historical, biblical research.LyorBoone wrote: ↑16 Aug 2019, 18:11 I don’t think the author ever said he was translating the stories at all. He just wanted a coherent story sculpted out of the sometimes repetitive material in the Bible. And he took the liberty to fill in some gaps that he felt were needed to make the story flow easier.
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This is not presented as a new bible. I feel that passage is to warn against groups that change the Bible and say this is the legit version. Sometimes whole books have been excluded like the book of wisdom, and then, other times, I have found verses have been taken out, like missing chapters of a book. I believe the book of Ruth is one of these. I have also heard of books added later in some groups, but I am not familiar with those as much. I think these works, called Bible, would be more deserving of Revelation’s judgement. Father of Nations is a work to foster discussion, not push one’s beliefs onto others.BrittaniDJ wrote: ↑23 Aug 2019, 21:55In Revelation it says that anyone who changes what is written in the Bible will find their names removed from the Book of Life. I feel like The Message was a valid interpretation in plain, modern story-telling lingo. There could probably be better ones in the future, but this book seems to change way to much of the truth written in the Bible. Too much is left to the author's beliefs and interpretations, rather than transliteration based on historical, biblical research.LyorBoone wrote: ↑16 Aug 2019, 18:11 I don’t think the author ever said he was translating the stories at all. He just wanted a coherent story sculpted out of the sometimes repetitive material in the Bible. And he took the liberty to fill in some gaps that he felt were needed to make the story flow easier.
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I completely agree. There really is no way to completely separate your own beliefs from something you’re writing, whether you’re trying to translate or not.amjohnson13mommy wrote: ↑06 Aug 2019, 12:15 No matter how much research is done, the author's interpretation will always be a main factor. At least that's what I believe.
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