Alternative revisions of the ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (1901) and retranslations within the TyndaleโKing James Version tradition
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Date
2022
Authors
Naudรฉ, Jacobus A.
Miller-Naudรฉ, Cynthia L.
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
In this essay, we demonstrate that in addition to the Revised Standard Version and its revisions as part of the linear emergence of the TyndaleโKing James Version tradition in the 20th and 21st centuries, there are also alternative revisions and retranslations of the ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (KJV) of 1611 as literal or word-for-word translations, which emerge as divergent branches. The revisions of the ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (ASV) (1901) emerged in the following branches, namely the ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ (NASB) and its revisions, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ (AB) and its revisions, as well as ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, Paraphrased and its retranslation, the ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (NLT). Then there are revisions that emerged as alternatives to the ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (1946โ1952/1971) by reverting to the ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ (Blayney) Edition (1769) as their incipient text rather than the ASV, namely ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (MKJV) (and similar revisions), The ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (NKJV) and the ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. Finally, there are retranslations within the TyndaleโKing James Version tradition, namely the ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (CEV), and the ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ (CEB). The diversity reflects the search for individual identity to satisfy particular reader expectations in an age of digital-media interpretive culture featuring broad universal values.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Instead of viewing the revisions and retranslations within the TyndaleโKing James Version tradition since the second half of the 20th century as new and independent, it is demonstrated that the various branches and their versions rather continue the emergence of the pre-20th century translation complex within this tradition to satisfy particular reader expectations.
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King James Version, American Standard Version, Contemporary English Version, Common English Bible, Living Bible, New Living Translation, New American Standard Bible
Citation
Naudรฉ, J. A., & Miller-Naudรฉ, C. L. (2022). Alternative revisions of the American Standard Version (1901) and retranslations within the TyndaleโKing James Version tradition. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 78(1), a7650. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v78i1.7650