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Friday, May 7, 2021

Bible Translations & Versions for Unitarians

 

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I am very interested in Bible Versions, and I collect them to the point that I have hundreds of them in one form or another. But, in doing so I notice that most Bible translators translate from a Trinitarian angle, especially Protestant Bibles. Over time I have consistently used certain Bibles that have not followed tradition or money when it comes to translating certain verses that may deal with Christology or a deity of Christ. 

As has been noticed in the past by Rudolf Bultmann: "In describing Christ as _God_ the New Testament still exercises great restraint." 

Ezra Abbot noted: "When we consider further the fact...that Christ is nowhere called God in any unambiguous passage by any writer of the New Testament and that it is nowhere recorded that he ever claimed this title, we cannot reasonably regard this abstinence from the use of the term as accidental."

 Also, "There is scarcely one text alleged by the Trinitarians which is not otherwise expounded by their own writers".—John Locke (Common Place Book)

The Bible downplays the deity of Jesus, and Bible Versions and Translations should reflect this.

Here are the list of Bible versions that are either explicitly Unitarian, and many that I notice that try to be balanced and fair on this issue:

The New World Translation...naturally. This is the Boss, a 75 year old classic, and arguably the greatest Bible translation ever made.

The Kingdom of God Version by Raymond C. Faircloth

The New Testament In an Improved Version Upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's new Translation, With a Corrected Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. Much talked about but little-read. Lot of great and interesting notes.

The 21st Century New Testament by Vivian Capel. This is a dual literal-free translations, so you get two books for the price of one. 

The Revised English Version...not to be confused with the Revised English Bible (see below). I like their website better as it has a lot of helpful notes.

The Emphatic Diaglott. This is a classic that has been around since the Civil War. This is an interlinear and a translation, so again, two books in one.

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures - this is the best interlinear you will find. Amazon has this listed for $300...opt for the used version instead.

The One God, the Father, One Man Messiah Translation: New Testament with Commentary by famed Unitarian scholar Anthony Buzzard


The New European Version (this one uses Yahweh) as a Divine Name.


This work is an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. Corrections were made to reflect the findings discovered in the newer editions of the Critical Greek Texts. This is a Unitarian version of the ASV. Most other Bibles reflect a Trinitarian theology, which is a belief that was alien to the early church. Read more at https://usvbible.blogspot.com

There are also online Bibles with Unitarian leanings. We've already mentioned the Revised English Version, but there is also:



Other Bibles that I have found very useful over the years are:


The James Moffatt Bible...a classic that should still be read. See my article on this Bible here. 


An American Translation by Smith & Goodspeed. Considered by Colwell to be the most accurate Bible. Try Ebay for a better price. Besides the NWT, this has to be my favorite Bible Version.


The David Bentley Hart New Testament - this may be the best new Bible in decades. See my articles on this work here and here.


The New Jerusalem Bible - a favorite of mine for decades, and this is one of the few modern Bibles to properly translate the Divine Name. This is an update of the Jerusalem Bible which came out in 1966. This Bible has many non-trinitarian renderings of certain texts. 


The New English Bible 1961. Probably the first major translation to break from the Tyndale/KJV tradition. I've had the Oxford Study Edition which was great, but I've always had a soft spot for this edition due to the illustrations. Just like its successor the Revised English Bible, both were free to be more interpretive with the text. Just check out Isaiah 9:6 in both. 


The Revised Standard Version and the New Revised Standard Version are quite helpful as they have non-trinitarian renderings in either the main text or the footnotes. These two "liberal" Bibles enraged the conservative Protestants so much that they produced the trinitarian English Standard Version as a response. 


Steven T. Byington's Bible in Living English is really quite good. I have an article on this work here.

Other Bibles that I have used and should be mentioned are:

The Unvarnished New Testament by Andy Gaus:  "Other translations were made by committees; they interpreted the text through theological doctrines and dogmas that arose centuries after the books were written. This new translation strips away these thick layers of convention to portray an ageless beauty that no earlier translation has captured."

The New American Bible - Catholics simply make better Bibles because they don't rely on the Bible for their beliefs, while Protestants insert their beliefs into their Bibles because they need the Bible to reflect their theology. The NAB always impresses me the more I use it.

The Original New Testament by Hugh J. Schonfield - Schonfield is Jewish, so this gives him a good Jewish outlook for what 1st century Jews might write and believe. 

The Eonian Life Bible New Testament - While I wish they would have chosen a better English equivalent for "Eonian," this is quite a remarkable and fresh translation of the New Testament. Hell has justifiably been removed, the "Cross" is translated as "stake" (which is lexically correct...and brave). The punctuation is improved at Luke 23:43. Apparently this work is 20 years in the making and it stands far above most other translations. This version along with David Bentley Hart's hopefully suggests a positive new trend in Bible translation.

The Pre-Nicene New Testament by Robert M. Price - Price is a fan of David BeDuhn and you need to check out his translation of John 1:1. 


Let me know in the comments below if I've missed a Bible that I need to include.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

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The Emphatic Diaglott: Containing the Original Greek Text of Greisbach Bible - 1870 (3 different scans)

The Hexaglot Bible comprising the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in the Greek, Syriac, Latin, English, German and French by Edward Riches de Levante 1906 Volume 1

The Hexaglot Bible comprising the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in the Greek, Syriac, Latin, English, German and French by Edward Riches de Levante 1906 Volume 2

The Hexaglot Bible comprising the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in the Greek, Syriac, Latin, English, German and French by Edward Riches de Levante 1906 Volume 3

The Hexaglot Bible comprising the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in the Greek, Syriac, Latin, English, German and French by Edward Riches de Levante 1906 Volume 4

The Hexaglot Bible comprising the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in the Greek, Syriac, Latin, English, German and French by Edward Riches de Levante 1906 Volume 5

The Hexaglot Bible comprising the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in the Greek, Syriac, Latin, English, German and French by Edward Riches de Levante 1906 Volume 6

The English Hexapla exhibiting the 6 important English translations of the New Testament Scriptures, Wiclif, Tyndale, Cranmer, Genevan, Anglo-Rhemish, Authorised

The Hexaplar Psalter - being the book of Psalms in six English versions 1911 (Coverdale (1535) Great Bible (1539) Geneva (1560) Bishops (1568) Authorised (1611) Revised (1885) in parallel columns)

The Triglot Bible, Volume 1 1890 (Hebrew, Greek and Latin)

The Triglot Bible, Volume 2 1890 (Hebrew, Greek and Latin)

The Interlinear Literal Translation of the Greek New Testament (1894)

A Literal Translation of the Vatican manuscripts eight last books of the New Testament, on definite rules of translation and an English version of the same, followed by the authorized English version collated with the above-named English version by Herman Heinfetter 1861

A Literal Translation of the Vatican manuscripts Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans on definite rules of translation, and an English version of the same, followed by the Authorized English version collated with the above-named English version by Herman Heinfetter 1861

The Interlinear Septuagint with Strong Numbers

The Englishman's Greek New Testament; giving the Greek text of Stephens 1550, with the various readings of the editions of Elzevir 1624, Griesbach, Lachmann, Tischendorf, Tregelles, Alford, and Wordsworth: together with an interlinear literal translation 1896

The study of the Gospel of St. John together with an interlinear literal translation of the Greek text of Stephens 1550 by JP Mclean 1895

The Book of Genesis in English-Hebrew (transliterated) accompanied by an interlinear translation with notes by William Greenfield 1828

The Parallel New Testament Greek and English with the AV 1611, the Revised Version and the Greek edited by FHA Scrivener 1882

The Parallel New Testament KJV and the Revised Version 1882

The Twofold New Testament - being a New Translation, accompanying a newly formed text in parallel columns 1864 by Thomas Green

The New Testament: Being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament by Abner Kneeland 1823

("The Word was a God" John 1:1)
The Parallel Psalter - being the prayer-book version of the Psalms and a new version, arranged on opposite pages by SR Driver 1898

The Apocrypha Greek and English, in parallel columns 1871

The book of Job with the KJV,  American Bible Union Version and the Hebrew Text in Parallel Columns by Thomas Conant 1857

The Gospel of Matthew (chapters 1-3) with the KJV,  American Bible Union Version and the Greek Text in Parallel Columns by Orin Jubb 1858

The Gospel of John in Greek and English by E. Friederici 1830

The Epistle to the Hebrews in Greek and English by Samuel Turner 1852

The Epistle to the Ephesians in Greek and English by Samuel Turner 1856

Epistle to the Romans in Greek and English by Samuel Turner 1859

The Book of Psalms, in Hebrew and English 1880

Hebrew Reading Lessons consisting of the first 4 chapters of the book of Genesis, and the 8th chapter of the Proverbs with a grammatical praxis, and interlineary translation by Samuel Tregelles 1860

An Introductory key to the Greek language consisting of an elementary Greek grammar with an interlineary translation of the Gospel of St. Luke 1824

The Gospels: Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Wycliffe and Tyndale Versions Arranged in Parallel Columns 1907

The Parallel Gospels in four collateral columns, every concurrent, conflicting, and additional passage of each evangelist by Edward Salmon 1876

The Gospel, by John (Authorized [KJV], Greek and American Bible Union text in parallel columns) 1859



A Gospel Monogram consisting of the entire texts, Revised Version of the Four Gospels in a parallel harmony by William J Herschel 1911

The Gospel according to St. John, Authorized King James in one column, the Catholic Douay bible in the other, 1800

Introduction to the study of the Gospel of St John together with an interlinear literal translation of the Greek text of Stephens, 1550, with the Authorized version by JP Maclean 1895

The Septuagint version of the Old Testament by Sir Lancelot Brenton 1879 (Greek and English in parallel columns)

An Analysis of the Book of Ecclesiastes to which is added the book of Ecclesiastes, in Hebrew and English, in parallel columns by John Lloyd 1874

The Gothic and Anglo-Saxon Gospels in parallel columns 1874

The Epistle of St. James (Greek text and Latin translation on opposite pages; the vulgate text of Codex Amiatinus and the Old Latin text of the Corbey ms. in parallel columns) by Joseph B Mayor 1892

The Interlinear Bible - the Authorised Version (KJV) and the Revised Version together with the marginal notes of both versions and central references 1907


Plus you get:


The Complutensian Polyglot Bible

The Complutensian Polyglot Bible is the name given to the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible, planned and financed by Cardinal Cisneros (1436-1517). It includes the first printed editions of the Greek New Testament, the complete Septuagint, and the Targum Onkelos.

This is a 500MB pdf (Acrobat) file that you can read and/or print off your computer. About 1500 pages

plus you get - The English version of the Polyglot Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments - With Copious & Original Selections of References to Parallel and Illustrative Passages 1872

PLUS YOU GET:

New Light on the New Testament: From Records of the Graeco-Roman Period - by Adolf Deissmann 1908

The Text and Canon of the New Testament
by Alexander Souter 1913
A harmony of the four Gospels in Greek, according to the text of Tischendorf by Frederic Gardiner 1873

The New Testament: Translated from Griesbach's Text
by Samuel Sharpe, Jo. Jac. Griesbach - 1862 - 412 pages

Novum Testamentum Graece
by Johann Jakob Griesbach - 1810
 
The Four Gospels: Translated from the Greek Text of Tischendorf, with the ...
by Nathaniel Smith Folsom, Constantin von Tischendorf - 1871 - 480 pages

Leiscester Ambrose Sawyer Old and New Testament 1861 - 390 pages

New Testament Literal Translation from Syriac Peshitta by James Murdock
 
Early Bibles of America: Being a Descriptive Account of Bibles Published
by John Wright 1894

Critical notes on the authorised English version of the New Testament
by Samuel Sharpe - 1856

A Monotessaron; Or, The Gospel of Jesus Christ
by John S Thompson, Jo. Jac. Griesbach - 1828

The Holy Gospels: Translated from the Original Greek: the Spurious Passages by George William Brameld 1863

The critical Greek and English New Testament: consisting of the Greek text and Parallel English Text
1859 - 624 pages

Canon and Text of the New Testament -
by Caspar René Gregory - 1907 - 530 pages

The New Testament: Newly Tr. (from the Greek Text of Tregelles & Critically ...Rotherham
1893 - 490 pages

A History of the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
by Marvin Richardson Vincent - 1899 - 185 pages

The English Revisers' Greek Text: Shown to be Unauthorized by George Whitefield Samson 1882 - 132 pages

Certain Sources of Corruption in Latin Manuscripts
by Frederick William Shipley - 1904

The poetry of the Codex Vercellensis
by John Mitchell Kemble - 1843

Codex Coxianus of the Homilies of Chrysostom on Ephesians and His Commentary on Galatians by Wesley Lynn Hemphill - 1916

How the Codex was Found: A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai, from Mrs. Lewis by Agnes Smith Lewis 1893

A Collation of the Athos Codex of the Shepherd of Hermas
by Spyridon Paulou Lampros - Pastor Hermae - 1888

A Full Collation of the Codex Sinaiticus with the Received Text of the New Testament by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener - 1864

The Book of Judges in Greek, According to the Text of Codex Alexandrinus
by Alan England Brooke, Norman McLean - 1897

Contributions to the Criticism of the Greek New Testament: Being the Introduction to Codex Augiensis
by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener 1859


Is the Bible Divine?: A Six Nights' Discussion Between Mr. Charles Bradlaugh and Robert Roberts
by Charles Bradlaugh, Robert Roberts (editor of THE CHRISTADELPHIAN)

The Apostacy Unveiled: Being a Debate Between John Thomas (Christadelphian) and a Presbyterian Minister
by John Thomas, John S. Watt - 1872

An Encyclopaedia of Religions by Maurice Arthur Canney 1921