The New Testament
by David Bentley Hart · first published 2017
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"David Bentley Hart undertook this new translation of the New Testament etsi doctrina non daretur, "as if doctrine is not given." Reproducing the texts' often fragmentary formulations without augmentation or correction, he has produced an often pitilessly literal translation of the early Christians' sometimes raw, astonished, and halting prose, one that captures the texts' frequent impenetrability and unfinished quality while awakening readers to an uncanniness that often lies hidden beneath doctrinal layers. This rendering also challenges the idea that the New Testament affirms the kind of pe
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YES. I'm stoked about David Bentley Hart's New Testament translation for that reason: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/030024844X/ref=ox_sc_sav... > Reproducing the texts' often fragmentary formulations without augmentation or correction, he has produced…
on “English as She Is Spoke” ↗Honestly, I had to read the New Testament (David Bentley Hart translation) a couple of times to come up with a cosmic scenario in which my beliefs made logical sense to me. And, what I did come up with did make sense, but it is complicated to…
on “A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014)” ↗The Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart (who has translated the New Testament) has suggested "bread adequate for the day's needs:" "'Daily bread,' admittedly, is almost accurate enough, though the phrase would better be rendered 'bread adequate for the day's needs'; but I doubt…
on “Epiousios” ↗A few years ago, I read The New Testament - a translation by David Bentley Hart (an Orthodox scholar). It’s more of an academic literal translation. I read it mainly just to educate myself. I was raised in a strict “no religion” family, and…
on “Ask HN: Activity and reading to move through mid-life crisis?” ↗