Truth in translation by jason david beduhn

Jason BeDuhn.

Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003.

Truth in translation by jason david beduhn new world translation

$33.00, paperback, 191 p.

Professor Jason BeDuhn, chair of the religion department at the Northern Arizona University, has offered to the public his thoughts on biblical translation. He wishes to prove that the majority of English translations are not simply the result of sober biblical scholarship but have been produced in such a way as to support the theological view of the translators.

What is extraordinary about this monograph-length work is the fact that BeDuhn concludes “While it is difficult to quantify this sort of analysis, it can be said the NW [=New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, published by the Jehovah’s Witnesses] emerges as the most accurate