[MR] English translation from original Greek and Aramaic (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Amie:

> Greetings People of the List,
> 
> I know there's someone out there who's got the answer to this question.
> 
> I'm trying to find an English translation of the Bible that comes from the 
> original Greek. I'm trying to get to a version that's more accurate than a 
> version that came through the Middle Ages with all the additions and 
> deletions done by monks copying the text over and over (see: King James).
> 
> Does anybody know about a modern scholar who has gone back and retranslated 
> a version from Greek? I'm looking for something that is true to the original 
> writing without any particular Christian church's specific values 
> highlighted.
> 
> I know about the author who translated the first books of the Torah from the 
> original. However, I'm more interested in the New Testament.
> 
> Can anyone point me in a direction?

Ah. Okay, so I can't point you towards the Jewish Publication
Society's edition. I think you're sort of in kimchi here, since
everyone translating these books has an axe to grind somewhere. I
*think* the New International Version is a fairly recent piece of
work.

Pedro