SPANISH BIBLE??? YES OR NO?

"Were all Spanish Bibles translated from English Versions or were any translated directly from Greek and Hebrew?"
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Ofcourse not. Many Spanish Bibles were translated using different translation philosophies similar to that used for many different English Bibles. Just like the Statenbijbel is the Dutch equivalent of the KJB, the Groot Nieuws Bijbel is the Dutch equivalent of Good News for Modern Man, the Willibrordbijbel is the Dutch equivalent of the NAB and the Nieuwe Vertaling of 1951 is the Dutch equivalent of the RSV.

 

Correct me if I am misreading this, but it sounds like you are implying that these Bibles are translated from "English". Else, how would you have an "equivalent" to the "Good News for Modern Man", for example?

Specifically which Spanish versions were translated from Greek/Hebrew and which were translated from English?

 

This is Logic 101
HankD </font>[/QUOTE]Thank you Hank.

After a while you begin to wonder what happened to good ole' common-sense.

 

Hmmmm, that would violate the KJVO doctrine. KJVO doctrine states very explicitly that the KJV is the Word of God for today's people. Hence, a bible in Spanish must be translated from the KJV in order to be considered the perfect Word of God. As a result, the reina valera 1960 cannot be the perfect Word of God to the KJVOist, since it was not tanslated from the KJV.

Of course, KJVO doctrine is false anyway, so whether the Reina Valera is or isn't the Spanish KJV equivalent is a nonissue. Same goes with the Cipriano de Valera or any other Spanish translation.

 

That would be a good question to ask the American Bible Society just too see what they would say. Check out http://www.exorthodoxforchrist.com/reina-valera.htm

But no doubt the RV1960 is a mix of both text TR and W/H. The thing that has swaded the spanish speaking world to accepting the RV1960 is the language revision it is a easier bible to read and understand than the RV1569,1602,1862,1909. I wished there was a spanish bible that used more simplier words and stuck with a more traditional text. I myself dont even consider books with copyrights as bibles, if i was to translate a bible why would i want to copyright it if it derived from GOD.

If you are interested in translating a spanish bible let me know

¡Dios le bendiga!

 

Phillip

No I'm not.
"how would you have an "equivalent" to the "Good News for Modern Man", for example?"
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Simple, both in the Spanish speaking world and in the English speaking world there was a perceived need for a translation that could easily be read by people outside the church with only a moderate amount of education. So 2 translations from the original tongues were made 1 into Spanish, 1 into English each one done by a different Bible society.
Same purpose, same translation philosophy and both translated same Hebrew/Greek text.

 

It left on a train to 17th contury England.

HankD

 

Gotcha, Moique. I see now! Sorry

 

I had a very nice brother in the Lord from Honduras who was kind enough to send me a verios based on the TR in NT ONLY called
"Antigua Version the Cipriano de Valera 1602"
It is REALLY good for Spanish. Actually the best I've seen yet. THe fact that it's based on the TR makes it that much better.
HOWEVER I have yet to see it in FULL, in other words OT & NT both. In any case I'm blessed to be able to have it. If anyone knows anything else about this version please let me know as I am VERY interested in purchasing a copy with the OT as well.
Funny it was printed PRIOR to the KJV USING the TR so what do the KJVO's have to say about that?

 

AZfiddler_Oct1996
"The view from the Gods Word is that a Bible that has words added to or taken away from is not a complete bible."
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Which is why Christian purists&professionals learn Koine Greek and Hebrew, to make sure all those jots and tittles are actually part of their Bible.

"what was done when Mr Valera and Mr Reina did the work ..they used some of the manuscrips That W and H later used to produce a Crit. text."
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Both were 16th century Spanish monks, making the documents that were used by W&H, but not by Erasmus completely unavailable* to them.


*With the theoretical exception of Vaticanus, but it nor copies of it never left the Vatican during the 16th century and Reina + Valera had joined the Reformers so they couldn't visit Rome to look it up.

 

"If they had no access to those texts then why does the spanish Bibles that we have today read exactly like the CRIT. TEXT. bibles we have today?"
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For the exact same reason the Revised Standard Version (which is a revision of the KJB) reads like it does.