Talk:New American Standard Bible

At one point, the article says there is no theological interpretation. At another point it says that the translation purposefully harmonizes the Old Testament to the New Testament. How can both these statements be true? john k 18:58, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

They cant. The whole point of the NASB is to keep the text as literal and transparent to the original languages as possible and avoid interpreting the text for the reader. This is one of the guiding principles for the NASB, and why it is a widely respected translation. The statement, "deliberately interpreting the Old Testament from a Christian standpoint, in harmony with the New Testament" contradicts the rest of this article, which makes statements concerning the integrity of the translation (not in dispute by any authoritative source that I know of), then makes a statement which I think in effect raises a question concerning the NASB's integrity without a basis for doing so. I think any deliberate harmonization would be in violation of the translation philosophy which guided this work. Also, the NASB does contain ambiguous passages and extensive footnotes which, at times, would not necessarily aid such a harmonization effort. PS: This article is almost word for word identical to this one: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/New-American-Standard-Bible Jeremy 22:31, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Computer Assisted?

Wasn't this one of the first (perhaps only) that involved computer analysis in the area of textual compilation? Perhaps it should be mentioned in the article.