Holman and SBC

Is the Holman Translation going to be limited to Southern Baptist Churches simply because it is printed by "Holman"?

Are there other Baptists who have the Holman and what are you thoughts?

I know the Sunday School material used by many SBC churches now quote both the KJV and the Holman. The second translation used to be the NIV, but that has changed.

I have heard two reasons for this and both make sense. 1st, why not get rid of having to pay the very expensive NIV royalties by quoting your own translation. and 2nd, with the NIV coming out with a questionable translation, why not get rid of it before it becomes an issue that the SBC must deal with. Both of these came from very high sources within the convention.

The real purpose of my thread, though is to find out what other groups think about the Holman. Personally, I think it is a great translation, but may be limited due to the Holman name.

 

Thanks for the responses. I certainly like the New Testament (I don't yet have the whole Bible). I picked it up when they were practically giving away New Testaments about a year ago.

It hit the market right after I purchased my ESV. Tough break for ESV marketing.

The HCSB is definitely an easier to read translation. I hope it catches on outside of SBC circles.

Dr. Bob, would you ever consider reading it, with the Holman press being the printer?

 

Do you mean those private universities that charge about $350 per credit hour?

 

I don't think this was meant to be a business plan, nor was it the overall intention of the printing company. I was just making a comment that by using their own translation, the SBC can save some money.

The business plan is most likely based on sales of the Bible and whether or not it is sound, depends on what the goals of that plan really are.

In other words, one goal might be to make a profit while another goal may be simply to provide a new updated translation. etc.

Please notice that my point was "WHY SBC used the Holman in their new Sunday School literature?" Not, why they decided to make a new translation.

I don't think that the business plan was ever an intention of dispute here.

 

Ed, You make an excellent point. There is very little evidence that there has been much money to be made to cover R&D for the HCSB.

We are getting $2 New Testaments at our church for the kids departments. I'm sure this is partially a marketing gimmick, but don't think that every other printer in the world, including those that still print the KJV aren't doing something to market their Bibles. This is the way it works.

Now, Terry does have somewhat of a point when he says it is all money, but he doesn't show the other side where the KJV printers are coming out with all kinds of new study Bibles and NOW they are jumping on a new KJVo or KJV preferred bandwagon. I've seen it on their covers: "The original King James, blah blah blah"

If Terry wants to mention money, why did the King of England ban all other Bible versions and then authorize only certain printers (those who would pay huge taxes back to the state) to print it?

This world is all about money, whether we like it or not.

But, I think Ed makes a good point that the Holman is certainly not acting greedy about recovery of their R&D money; especially when you consider the amounts of royalties charged by the NIV.

 

Point taken, Terry, thank you.