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Friday, May 30, 2008

Paraphrases of Erasmus

The Paraphrases of Erasmus on the New Testament were originally written in Latin, in about 1535. They were first translated into English by Miles Coverdale and others in about 1549. The University of Toronto Press is publishing a series titled "The Collected Works of Erasmus." Within that series are new English translations of Erasmus' paraphrases. Here are the ones published so far:

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus: Paraphrase on Matthew. University of Toronto Press, 2008. ISBN 0802092993. 408 pages. Translated by Dean Simpson. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 49): Paraphrase on Mark. University of Toronto Press, 1988. ISBN 0802026311. 234 pages. Translated by Erika Rummel. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 48, 2nd volume): Paraphrase on Luke. University of Toronto Press, 2003. ISBN 0802036538. Translated by Jane E. Phillips. 292 pages. Publisher's web page. The first part (Luke 1-10, Volume 47 is not yet published).

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 46): Paraphrase on John. University of Toronto Press, 1991. ISBN 0802058590. Translated by Jane E. Phillips. 371 pages. Publisher's web page

Bateman, John J., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 50): Paraphrase on Acts. University of Toronto Press, 1995. ISBN 0802006647. Translated by Robert D. Sider. 389 pages. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 42): Paraphrases on Romans and Galatians. University of Toronto Press, 1984. ISBN 0802025102. 192 pages. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 44): Paraphrases on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus and Philemon, the Epistles of Peter and Jude, the Epistle of James, the Epistles of John, and the Epistle to the Hebrews. University of Toronto Press, 1994. ISBN 0802005411. 413 pages. Translated by John J. Bateman. Publisher's web page

Thursday, May 22, 2008

New version of the Hebrew Psalter

An interesting work is underway which the author, Bob MacDonald, calls "an emerging portrait of the Psalter." It is presented as a colorful map of the Psalms. See his work at "The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter", his blog at drmacdonald.blogspot.com and a PDF about his work is here.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Messianic Prophecy Bible Project

A new project is underway (getting started?) to produce a Bible that can be used in evangelism to Jewish people. The website is http://messianicbible.com/. It isn't clear if this will be a new translation or a revision on an existing one.