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E NDORSEMENTS

“Gripping! I could not put it down! It is also most disturbing, for Ryken

argues that most modern Bible translations sell their readers short. They

are not exact enough, and their style is not right for reading aloud or

memorization. Everyone considering the choice of a Bible translation for

use in private study or public worship should read this book. It will help

you distinguish the wheat from the chaff.”

— G ORDON W ENHAM , Professor of Old Testament

University of Gloucestershire, UK

“What is at stake here is huge! Our children and grandchildren will rise

up and call Dr. Ryken blessed, if his words (!) will be read and heeded

by this generation. How odd to live in a time when biblical scholars

labor over the very words of Scripture (in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek)

to understand Scripture’s meaning, and at the same time many of the

same biblical scholars endorse a translation theory of the Bible in which

the ‘ideas’ or ‘concepts’ of Scripture are used for translating Scripture’s

meaning in another language. Ryken’s Word of God in English demon-

strates clearly and forcefully that the widespread practice of ‘dynamic

equivalence’ in translation takes us away from the path of careful, accu-

rate, faithful rendering of the very words of God for English readers.”

— B RUCE A. W ARE , Senior Associate Dean

School of Theology

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

“A masterful and convincing argument for literal, that is to say, trans-

parent translation of the Holy Scriptures.”

— D R . J. I. P ACKER , Professor of Theology

Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.

“Brilliantly convincing! This book stands alone on the subject of English

Bible translation. Dropped into the muddy water of English versions,

this tablet brings instant clarity, revealing how anything other than a lit-

eral translation undermines the Word of God. That serious charge is

carefully established and proven page after page. May our Lord give Dr.

Ryken a loud voice, so as to rescue many from versions that diminish

the glory of divine revelation by being more concerned with the human

reader than the divine author.”

— P ASTOR J OHN M AC A RTHUR

Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, CA

“This is a very important book. The persistent, detonating logic of Lee

Ryken’s pen will educate and convince any fair-minded person that the

primary Bible for study and preaching must be an essentially literal

translation.”

— D R . R. K ENT H UGHES , Pastor

College Church, Wheaton, IL

“Ryken’s winsome and unanswerable arguments are the best I have ever

read. He carries the day for the ‘essentially literal’ method for transla-

tion of God’s Word in English.”

— D R . N EIL N IELSON , President

Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA

“Not all Bible translations are the same, and they are not all equally

excellent! In a courageous book that challenges much modern thinking,

Professor Ryken draws on decades of experience in teaching literature

to college students to show that many modern English translations fail

to meet accepted standards of excellence in accuracy, faithfulness to the

words of the author, clarity, vividness, concreteness, preservation of

metaphor, preservation of ambiguity, preservation of verbal intercon-

nections, respect for the principles of poetry, theological precision, reten-

tion of the world of the biblical text, retention of multi-layered meaning,

respect for the abilities of the reader, effective rhythm, and beauty of

expression.

“Ryken gives us reason for deep concern about the present ‘destabi-

lized’ text of English Bibles, in which nobody in a Bible study can be sure

what a verse says because many modern translations have failed to

translate the author’s very words and have given us instead their own

varied and often watered-down interpretations of the author’s thoughts.

Ryken calls for a return to the historic principles used by the ‘essentially

literal’ translations that may vary slightly in wording but preserve sub-

stantial agreement on the meanings of most of the words.

“I predict that after you read this book your eyes and ears will be

opened to read and hear every translation of the Bible with a level of

insight and understanding that you never had before.”

— D R . W AYNE G RUDEM , Research Professor of Bible

and Theology, Phoenix Seminary, Scottsdale, AZ

“I highly recommend this book. It is my hope that it will convince many

that there is scarcely any greater need in the church today than for an

essentially literal translation.”

— G. I. W ILLIAMSON , New Horizons Magazine

“An important book—one for which many have long waited. Ryken’s

central thesis . . . is ably and repeatedly defended, cutting through the

fog generated by debates over contemporary Bible translation philoso-

phy. His chapters on ‘Common Fallacies of Translation’ are worth the

price of the book on their own.”

— D R . W. B INGHAM H UNTER , Pastor of Adult Ministries

Harvest Bible Chapel, Rolling Meadows, IL

“An ideal guide to choosing a translation of the Word that transcends

trendy words. In the process, he implicitly indicts those who settle for less.”

— D R . M ARVIN O LASKY , Editor-in-Chief, World Magazine

“The best single-volume survey of these critical issues, offering a per-

spective that is both unique and invaluable. I found it so interesting I

could not stop reading it.”

— R EV . P AUL T. M C C AIN , Interim President

Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO

“A sensible and crucial call to count on and relish a Bible translation that

stays as close as possible to the original words God inspired. How

refreshing to hear this new voice in the translation debate—from a dis-

tinguished professor of English literature who is a lover of words and of

the inspired words of Scripture.”

— D R . K ATHLEEN B USWELL N IELSON

Writer and Bible Study Teacher

“. . . my most important read of the century—or, for that matter, of the

millennium. . . . [Ryken’s book] may do more to change how you view

the Bible (and how you read it) than any book, preacher, professor, or

other inﬂuence you have ever had. . . . Leland Ryken devastates the

dynamic-equivalent position. Systematically, comprehensively, repeti-

tively, he argues in such convincing fashion that I predict you will never

again be satisﬁed with a translation of the Bible that is even mildly

‘dynamic.’ . . . It will increase your wonder for the very words God has

used. It will draw you into closer personal fellowship with God Himself.”

— J OEL B ELZ , Chairman, World Magazine

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