Silver Dross or Like a Glaze

February 23, 2014 Rick Wadholm1 Comment

I was a little surprised to find that the TNIV and NIV 2011 have reverted to the Masoretic text (partially) of Proverbs 26:23 against the 1984 NIV which followed the critical rephrasing of this verse in light of Ugaritic and Hittite evidence (though it includes “silver dross” in the footnote). The updated NIV texts created… Continue reading Silver Dross or Like a Glaze

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Something Weird in the NIV Tradition

January 5, 2014 Rick Wadholm6 Comments

Today in church a verse was mentioned in connection with my church’s name “New Life”. The passage, Acts 5.20, was read in NIV1984 (and posted on the screen) and I turned to it in my Greek NT. To my surprise the passage on the screen did not match the text of the Greek. So here… Continue reading Something Weird in the NIV Tradition

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Silver Dross or Like a Glaze

Something Weird in the NIV Tradition