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For Bible Scholars Despite claims that the markit already is saturated with 11ew Bible translations, • team of five adiolars la hard at work her& revisln& the book of Exodus for a n e w version of t h e Old T~ent. The team Is part of a 1roup of 100 scholars from across the country working 011- the New International Vtraion of the Old 'Iuta– illtl!t for the New York Bible Society lt\temadonal. The society hope, to com• plete the translation by 1t18. Last September lt published the N6w IntematlonaJ Ver• lion of ~ New Testament. A~t 300,000 ()Opie, have printed. Dr. Larry Watket, team chairman here and professor of Hehrew and Semitic tan– I u a g e s at Southwestern Baptist Theological Semi– nary at Fort Worth, Texas, " id t h t O l d Testament translation is th e "most ambitious • n d authentic translation ever undertak- en.'' He said th$ team ci.me to ;':'\ Memphis because a ?Mm• ber, Dr. Jack P. Lewis, \ teaches at Harding Graduate Sc1loo1 of Religion. "We try w meet where our lcholars live, if possible, and use the library facllitle& where they teacli," Dr. Walker said. "Allo, Memphis is a central location for all of us." He said t h e tra.n,Jation project, which betan In 1965, ts a nondeJlombtationaJ er– fort involving scholars fro.Ill most of the major religious , _ "" ,n,up,;. t1lt JIW1MIA of thf1 tram– Jatioll 1, to accurately repr& sent Greek a n d Hebrew , meanlJla ill modem English. ''?bi& is what rukes our '90ft unique,... 1' 1aid, ''be- cause some of the newer translations don't meet the critical standards of Bible scholars.'' "The LMng Bible, for example, i! a paraphrase, a loose rendering, and doe!n't , t a n d up to scholarly criticism." He aleo said the Living Bible contain$ some inaccuracies because it was– n't translated from the origi• nal Greek. The New York Bible Socl• ety International trUslation, OD the other hand, retains the original meaniQ& while eUmlnatlng languaje that now would be C®$idered antiquated, he said. Dr, Walker uaes ~omans 12:1 as an example. The Km, James version says, ".l beseech yo u dforefore. brethren, by the imrcies of GQd, that ye pt'e#nt your bodies a living eacr\flce, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable S&"\'ice." Dr, Walker says the New Intemati(mal V~r~ (leletgs t h e out-de.ted words but maintains the origiQ&l mean• Bible Translator$ At Htrding Gradvate School Ina-, It says, ''I'herefore, I Of Religion urge YoU, brotliers, in view , _,, n- H. :.. • w 1/ of God's mercy, to offer (From Left) RGtf D,ll,an.,,, .LN •• erver. o , yourselves a.a living s.acri-t Dr..}_a.gk f . .tews-, !fees, holy and pleasin~ to· the Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Saturday, J\IJ\615, 197t God - which Is yow- spu;llu>- . --,- aJ worship." able about the Engli&h Ian- to revi'!,!e 25 cMpters of Exo- Atlotber tea1n member, Dr. H~rt Wolf of Wheaton (lll.) College, $8id scholars working on this project are dMded into three groups. "There ~ teamscf original translators that Interpret the original Greek and Hebrew. '-rben there are ~ams like us that revise t h e flr&t te.m's translation and look for ways to tlghten,and Im– prove it. Next, people who art11't necessarily religious $Chola,s but are knowledge- guage look at the m.aterial. dus durtag its th-ree•we1?k They try to make it more session. here. T h e work readable, more understand• . able and look for errors in moves slowly, s a 1 d D r . style." Lewis professor of Bible at Finally, the material is Hardi.ng, because most team studied by a teall) of 15 members can work on the ,cbolars appoi~ted by .the project only during universi- N e w York Bible Society . • lotemat!Qnal to approve the ty vacat1011B and holidays. translation before it goes to During a translation ses– tbe publisher. Dr. Walker is sioc, each scholar has a a _member of this fiolll com• copy of the original Greek nuttee. a n d or Hebrew, several 1116 Mempbls team bopet reference boolts al\d a oopy ot the propc,sed translatiop. Each verse is conaldered separate.Jy and the men dis– cuss t n e va.lidlty or the words selected a n d often offer options. Th e team takes a vote if it can't agree on the wording of a verse. "Great care ls taken with every word," or. Walker t said. ''For e:,ca,mple, We Int subslitutiag 'put your trust in' for 'llelieve' In most pa:.- es. It's a sntall touch but rt of a work we're boPing .'Vitmtand the test or .. 1 • •· Lutheran Defiance Poses PiobieID The Lutheran Church-Mis– ! IOUri Synod could be on the brink of a constltutlonal crisis if many d11trlct presi– dents dety tbe synod presi– dent and ordalo exiled St. Louis aeminarians, Dr. Au– g \I a t BernthaJ ot Winh!r . , Haven,· Fta., th ~ omln•· • . . ~ tion~ fllth vJct d GREENK EEPERS TREATED - Mrs. Paul Hickman, left, entertained mel11 JaJd~~y. _preat ent, bers of Greenkeepers Garden Club and t he ir guHn at a l•wn Pilrty Friday at- temoon preced ing the r egular meeti ng of t he club. Mrs. Darre ll Hickman, c::,nter, and Mrs. Ur$e ll Davis were a mong the g uets. Mrs. Raymond Muncy. club president, was In charge of a business meeting that followed the serving of cheesecake and strawbe rries. Guests were s eated at t ables cover e d with clltcked c loths a nd cente red with arrangements of spring flowers. ( Staff Photo) that we a r e not so far apart," Pr. Bemthal Slllld. • He al so said' cht!tes ahould \I se t h. e Se utt>.'.i' graduates but resol~ l or– dination matter ill the na– tion-1 convention In be held 1n California in 1975, Th e COllt:J'ovcr~.i.•~ has reducta the eu.rplmemt to fewer than 100 sludents 8 &re-ed on Bible mtell)ret1• tl<>11. The dispute ~rftced when Dr. Pre1q accused the .faclll• ty or teuhlna l!ueaf and suspended Dr. TietJen. On Jan. lO &he student. aad faculty staged a cJu, !lo)'~ c:ott which. i.&t,: sate a.ta Syunex. ------• -