http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/2009/05/18/a-prophet-among-us/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/2009/05/18/a-prophet-among-us/#comment-337 Rick Ritchie Wed, 20 May 2009 02:15:24 +0000 http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/?p=547#comment-337 I have been using The Message in my Bible class at certain points. I find that Peterson's renderings often strike me as whimsical at first. Like he just reached for something striking and creative. Then when I do my background study looking up the Old Testament references, I find he has brought in an Old Testament image pertinent to the text. (See, for example Luke 6:23, where what the NASB renders as "leap for joy" is rendered by Peterson as "skip like a lamb." But his image comes not from a flight of fancy, but from Malachi 4:2. The reference is very apt. The more I have worked with this version, the more I have found that Peterson did his homework carefully. Now I still use my NASB for most purposes. But I read from both, often offering Peterson's rendering as a commentary. His subheadings are often helpful, too, as when he offered the subheading "Misers of what you Hear" for the section beginning with Luke 8:23 and continuing on through Jesus stilling the storm. It suggests that perhaps the disciples, when they got into the boat, forgot what they had heard, ignoring Jesus' admonition. (As we do when we read that passage forgetting what came right before it.) I have been using The Message in my Bible class at certain points. I find that Peterson’s renderings often strike me as whimsical at first. Like he just reached for something striking and creative. Then when I do my background study looking up the Old Testament references, I find he has brought in an Old Testament image pertinent to the text. (See, for example Luke 6:23, where what the NASB renders as “leap for joy” is rendered by Peterson as “skip like a lamb.” But his image comes not from a flight of fancy, but from Malachi 4:2. The reference is very apt. The more I have worked with this version, the more I have found that Peterson did his homework carefully. Now I still use my NASB for most purposes. But I read from both, often offering Peterson’s rendering as a commentary. His subheadings are often helpful, too, as when he offered the subheading “Misers of what you Hear” for the section beginning with Luke 8:23 and continuing on through Jesus stilling the storm. It suggests that perhaps the disciples, when they got into the boat, forgot what they had heard, ignoring Jesus’ admonition. (As we do when we read that passage forgetting what came right before it.)

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