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title: "The New Testament: A Translation"
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# The New Testament: A Translation

**Brand:** david bentley hart
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Refreshing and so not what I was taught growing up
  

*by R***6 on Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2024*

This is what is missing in all or most of the Christian religions.  The New Testament as close to original as possible.  As a student I discerned dissonance between King James and what the teacher said.  I am long s UK nce done with both of those and this translation is great.Looking for a similar translation of the Torah aka Old Testament.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The best English language translation
  

*by K***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024*

In my opinion, this is the most literal translation of the New Testament. The New Testament was (largely) written in bad Greek; this translation preserves the sense of the original better than any other English translation. This means that it doesn't have the literary quality of the King James Version, nor would it be easy to use in the liturgy.I grew up as a fundamentalist Protestant, and spend forty years reading the King James Bible. Once I became Eastern Orthodox, it became more difficult to read the New Testament without being assaulted by Protestant theology. I retreated to the gospels, and avoided reading any of the books attributed to Paul.My problem was that Protestants translate the New Testament in a way that accorded with their theology. Thus, none of the Protestant translations are purely literal or accurate. In addition, most of the translations were done by committees, and represent the lowest common denominator. The dumbest, least-qualified, or most doctrinaire members of the committee control the final product.For me, the benefit of David Bentley Hart's translation is that he is scrupulous in avoiding translating the text through any doctrinal traditions. Yes, DBH is Eastern Orthodox, but he has no problem with expressing views that differ from the majority view. For example, he avoids using the Anglo-Saxon term 'hell' as a replacement for Hades, Sheol, Tartarus, or Gehennah (the Vale of Hinnom). He also makes the distinction between Aiônios and Aïdios: the first means an age or cycle of time, and the second means everlasting. In the New Testament, Aiônios refers to us while Aïdios describes God. (Their are rare exceptions.)DBH's translation allows me to read the entire New Testament again. The phrasing is distinctive enough that it allows me to enjoy the works of Paul and Peter, and I can even read John's Apocalypse without being bushwhacked by Dispensationalism. It is also nice to read a translation that doesn't present the gospel as being saved from an angry and vengeful God.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A fascinating read
  

*by P***L on Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024*

I like the way the translator left the odd tenses present in the Greek as they were. (I can’t read Greek so I have to trust the translator in that.) This does convey a greater sense of urgency that I imagine the original writers must have felt as they wrote it out the first time.

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