Who revised and translated the Revised new world translation?

Question

I collect Bibles and I just got a revised new world translation from a Jehovah's witness and I gotta say it is a big improvement from the old black bibles but it still could use a little work on the spine of the Bible because it looks like it was glued on and the spine looks not as expensive looking as my other bibles and I prefer Yahweh in the Bible instead of the faulty name of "Jehovah"- but it still looks alot better then the black ones from 2006. anyways who translated and revised this particular revision and what was the current translation and revision committees education and degrees in koine greek and Aramaic and Ancient Hebrew?

Answer 1

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT) is a translation of the Bible published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in 1961; it is used and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses.[4] Though it is not the first Bible to be published by the group, it is their first original translation of ancient Classical Hebrew, Koine Greek, and Old Aramaic biblical texts. As of February 2014, the Watch Tower Society has published 208 million copies of the New World Translation in 122 language editions.[5][6][7]



The New World Translation was produced by the New World Bible Translation Committee, formed in 1947. This committee is said to have comprised unnamed members of multinational background.[20] The committee requested that the Watch Tower Society not publish the names of its members,[21][22] stating that they did not want to "advertise themselves but let all the glory go to the Author of the Scriptures, God,"[23] adding that the translation, "should direct the reader... to... Jehovah God".[24] The publishers believe that "the particulars of [the New World Bible Translation Committee's members] university or other educational training are not the important thing" and that "the translation testifies to their qualification".[24] Former high ranking Watch Tower staff have claimed knowledge of the translators' identities.[25] Walter Martin identified Nathan H. Knorr, Fredrick W. Franz, Albert D. Schroeder, George Gangas, and Milton Henschel as members of the translation team, writing of them, "The New World Bible translation committee had no known translators with recognized degrees in Greek or Hebrew exegesis or translation... None of these men had any university education except Franz, who left school after two years, never completing even an undergraduate degree." Franz had stated that he was familiar with not only Hebrew, but with Greek, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French for the purpose of biblical translation.[26] In his critique of the NWT, K. J. Baumgarten wrote, the “NWT must be evaluated on its own merits, the qualifications of the committee members are not as relevant as the quality of their work product.”[27]



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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures

Answer 2

The first edition of the NWT was translated in 1961 by the watchtowers Governing body.



JWs like to pretend they dont know the names of the translation team YET its all over the net !



In fact, ex-governing body member the late Raymond Franz wrote a book about his experiences in the watchtower and exposed not only the NWT translators names but their complete lack of skills in translating biblical Hebrew and Greek.



Since the publication of the NWT in 1961 the majority of bible scholars worldwide have condemed the NWT as a perversion and corruption of the Greek scriptures and have rightly concluded that its only purpose in being published was to make it agree with watchtower doctrine.



Many JWs may be surprised to know that the NWT was translated from the Westcott and Hort Greek text of the late 1800's. This same Greek text is the basis for all modern bibles e.g NIV, ASB, NASB, NKJV bibles etc,



Yet none of these bible versions have changed key verses which declare Christs deity as God manifest in the flesh (John 1:1, 8:58, and Col 1:15-17)



The NWT have altered these verses to make it say the opposite to its meaning by attacking Christs equality with the Father.



Actually there are hundreds of verse changes in the NWT which bare no resemblance to the W&H text the watchtower used in the first place.



e.g The name Jehovah has been inserted hundreds of times in the N.T (NWT) when the W&H Greek doesn't do it even once !



Is this HONEST bible scholarship from the watchtower ?



What the watchtower did was use an existing Greek text for the NWT and then DECEITFULLY change and alter verses to agree with there doctrine.



JWs can carry on with the charade that the NWT translators wished to give all the credit to Jehovah by remaining invisible but everyone knows the real reason, they didn't want their 'zero' translation skills exposed !



Here are some dishonest propaganda methods the watchtower uses to justify there unique NWT version.



" The original Greek uses Jehovahs name thousands of times"



*Rubbish ! The original Greek doesn't exist and hasn't for over 2000 years. What we have today is thousands of Greek mss's which are copies of copies etc, compiled into TWO texts used for our bibles.



The Greek Textus Receptus -- The King James Bible 1611



The Westcott and Hort Greek test - NIV, ASB, etc.. and that includes the NWT.



So IGNORE all JWs claims that there are original Greek mss's that say EXACTLY the same thing as there NWT.



- The other propaganda method the watchtower uses, is to quote from NON- watchtower bible scholars who may say something favourable about the NWT.



*Many of these so-called bible experts they quote are NOT all bible scholars but religious scholars who in most cases are not committed christians in the first place.



And why do the watchtower IGNORE or attack the MAJORITY of TRUE bible scholars who call the NWT a perversion ?



( 2Cor 2:17) For we are not as many, which CORRUPT the WORD of GOD.



Unlike the NWT !

Answer 3

We don't know the names of the original committee members, and we do not know the names of those who worked on the revised version.



It obviously can't be the same individuals due to ages and the passage of time. If you assume that in 1946 - the year the NWT Committee began their work - a translator was 40 years old, that would mean that in 2013 that same translator would be 107.



So different individuals.



EDIT EDIT



Please look at the Watchtower of May 15, 1960 Questions From Readers for some interesting information that was used to translate just one verse - Philippians 2:11. Notice the care and research that went into just that one verse.



Also June 15, 1960 Watchtower Questions From Readers concerning the use of Greek grammar to translate Revelation 5:10.

Answer 4

People who were not influenced by the Trinity Doctrine or other false religious teachings like :::





Exposed: Six Myths About Christianity



Myth 1: The Soul Is Immortal





Myth 2: The Wicked Suffer in Hell





Myth 3: All Good People Go to Heaven





Myth 4: God Is a Trinity





Myth 5: Mary Is the Mother of God





Myth 6: God Approves of the Use of Images and Icons in Worship

Answer 5

Isn't it amazing how all these atheists and others seem to know more about what goes on inside the organization than any JWs? I find it surprising as NONE on ANY writing committee ever announces the names of those on them!



They do so to prevent having fans of the writers rather than everything going to Jehovah. Look on bookstore shelves to see various religious leaders writing books with their names in bigger fonts than ANYTHING else. They really WANT the notice, the acclaim, the following.



True Christians and even angels, never want or desire to be more popular than God. We only know a couple of names of the 200 million angels. Neither did any allow themselves to be worshiped by men. They never permitted anything to detract from the proper worship of Jehovah God.



As for printing and publishing methods, JWs use their personal copies much more than any other group. So it needs to be strong and tough. Printing methods change, but we do the best as possible. We no longer print hardback books any longer, only softcover or paperback.



In my life, I have gone through dozens of copies of the Bible. Personally I hate it when I must transfer notations and highlighted scriptures from one copy to the new one. It is not a major thing, but is bothersome. But after the pages begin coming out, it must be done.

Answer 6

The NWT is not for people who want to collect it.



It is for people who *agree to read it*.





The quality of the revised translation speaks for itself.

Those who have worked on it have humbly chosen to remain anonymous.



"New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures"

- Features of This Revision

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/appendix-a/nwt-revision-features/

(2013 Revision)



"Is the New World Translation Accurate?"

http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/new-world-translation-accurate/



A *lot* of trial & error went into producing the most durable & well fitting cover possible d]for this revision, because Jehovah's Witnesses use their Bibles a *lot*!



"A Bible That Is Made to Last"

http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/publishing/nwt-bible-made-to-last/

Answer 7

Our translators prefer to remain unnamed, so that praise goes to our Creator Jehovah (if you prefer to use Yahweh, then that is your choice, but Jehovah is not faulty, otherwise, you have to argue the point, with many people and lol remove it from monuments, and the new King James version). Jehovah happens to be the English rendition and since, He is the God of the world, then it is hardly faulty!!! Plus, since you have our new one, you can read it for yourself, why we use Jehovah.



We agree, however that our new one is far more superior, but as for it not looking expensive, that is deceiving because our society made their own type of glue, because unlike any other religions, we use ours constantly and need something that will hold up to constant handling!

Answer 8

Greber and a bunch of guys that didn't know Greek wrote the first one. Since then no one really knows but it's not far off from that. Most likely since the NWT is starting to look like a WT it is the WT writers.

Answer 9

JWs never give the names of anyone who work on books, magazines, videos etc.actors are never named either or those who produce songs for our song books. We believe all glory should go to Jehovah.



However, we have hundreds of thousands of Greek speakers and Hebrew speakers. Ex Jews who will have a deep knowledge to share with our congregations. So dont doubt that scholars of the highest standards will have been used in the teams translating the NWT. It is available in over 100 languages already.



You complain the bible doesnt look as expensive as the others in your collection - how much did you pay for our BIble? Nothing. How much did your other Bibles cost? £30? each. The Bible is produced for its spiritual guidance not to look pretty on your book shelf.



We give away free millions of Bibles and those in poor countries treasure those Bibles - you should think about donating some money for yours so that those who cannot pay can receive one.

Answer 10

The precedent, from the Bible, is to remain unnamed.

There are millions of angels and except for Gabriel, not one of their names is known.

Even Satan's name is unknown. Satan simply being a appellation indicating a resister.

Witnesses decided to follow that precedent.

Let the work speak for itself.

Answer 11

Anybody who wants to.



>what was the current translation and revision committees education and degrees in koine greek and Aramaic and Ancient Hebrew?



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!

Answer 12

They JWs are a secretive cult. Also the list JWs trot out of supposed experts that

endorse their custom version Bible is well known to be Phony .



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GFL7jWXbSg