Guest: Dr. Peter Gurry | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Gurry about the various translations of the Bible. Topics of conversation include 1) A history of the English Bible, 2) The most popular English translations used today, 3) The translation spectrum from literal to paraphrase, 4) The five questions a translator must answer when deciding how to translate from the original text, and 5) Resources for further study on Bible translation.

Dr. Peter Gurry (@pjgurry) serves as Assistant Professor of New Testament at Phoenix Seminary. He's also co-director of the Text and Canon Institute, as well as an elder at Whitton Avenue Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Gurry is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Dallas Theological Seminary, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several books, including Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism (IVP Academic, 2019), and Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible (Crossway, 2022).

Find full show notes here: https://ps.edu/why-are-there-so-many-translations-of-the-bible-dr-peter-gurry/

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