Which Bible? : a guide to English transations /
A user's guide to Bible translations : making the most of different versions. US ed.
David Dewey ; foreword by David Coffey.
- British ed.
- Leicester, UK : InterVarsity Press, c2004.
- xxii, 218 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-237) and index.
Part 1 The task of translation.
The translator's art -- Word-for-word or meaning-for-meaning? -- A question of style -- His and hers : gender accuracy -- Yet more choices. Part 2 : Translations in English.
From unauthorized to authorized -- Crossing the centuries -- A new era begins -- Formative years : the 1970s and 1980s -- Old faces in new guises -- Into a new millennium -- Reflections and conclusions. Appendix 1: Being original -- Appendix 2: Other twentieth- and twenty-first century translations -- Appendix 3: Internet resources.