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Uncategorized Innovations in the Text and Translation of the NET Bible, New Testament Daniel B. Wallace, Senior New Testament Editor, the NET Bible As presented to the SBL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, on November 18, 2000 in the Bible Translation Section. The NET Bible was conceived in November 1995 at the Society of Biblical Literature…

Uncategorized Consideration of Contexts in the Translation Philosophy of the NET Bible: Discussion and Examples Assistant Editor, NET Bible Introduction The ultimate objective of the NET Bible is to be accurate, readable, and elegant. The interplay of these three qualities has produced a translation that is useful to many different Christians from different traditions and…

Uncategorized Ephesians 2:2 in the NET Bible “in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience” (Eph 2.2, NET Bible) In Ephesians 2.1-3, the apostle Paul describes the status of…

Uncategorized Matthew 24:40-41 in the NET Bible Notes: Taken for Salvation or Judgment? Recently, a reader of the NET Bible asked about the validity of the interpretation advanced in the notes for Matthew 24:40-41. The text of vv. 39b-41 with the relevant note reads as follows: It will be the same at the coming of…