Holman Christian Standard Bible
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The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB or Holman CSB) is an English translation of the Holy Bible, published by Holman Bible Publishers. The first full edition was completed in March 2004, with the New Testament alone having been previously published in 1999.
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Beginnings
The roots of the HCSB can be traced back as early as 1984, when Arthur Farstad, general editor of the New King James Version of the Bible, began a new independent translation project. In 1998, Farstad and LifeWay Christian Resources (the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention) came to an agreement that would allow LifeWay to fund and publish the completed work. Farstad died shortly thereafter, and leadership of the editorial team was turned over to Dr. Edwin Blum, who had been an integral part of the team.
Translation Philosophy
The translation committee sought to strike a balance between the two prevailing philosophies of Bible translation: formal equivalence (literal, "word-for-word", etc), found in translations like the New American Standard Bible and the English Standard Version, and dynamic or functional equivalence ("thought-for-thought"), found in translations like the New International Version and the New Living Translation. The translators call this balance Optimal Equivalence.
According to the translators, the primary goal of optimal equivalence translations is "to convey a sense of the original text with as much clarity as possible". To that end, the ancient source texts were exhaustively scrutinized at every level (word, phrase, clause, sentence, discourse) to determine its original meaning and intention. Afterwards, using the best language tools available, the semantic and linguistic equivalents were translated into as readable a text as possible.
Textual Basis
Making use of the most recent scholarly traditions, translators worked from the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th edition and the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament, 4th corrected edition (for the New Testament), and the 5th edition of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (for the Old Testament).
In the case of significant differences among Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts of the OT or among Greek manuscripts of the NT, the translators followed what they believed was the original reading and indicated the main alternative(s) in footnotes. There are a few places in the NT that the translation team and most biblical scholars today believe were not part of the original text. However, these texts were retained (and indicated in large square brackets) because of their undeniable antiquity and their value for tradition and the history of NT interpretation in the church.
Sources
- Marlowe, Michael D. (2004) "Holman Christian Standard Bible" (http://www.bible-researcher.com/csb.html). Retrieved March 14, 2005.
- Holman Bible Publishers. (2004) "Introduction to the Holman Christian Standard Bible" (http://www.bible-researcher.com/csb-intro.html). Retrieve March 14, 2005.
- Perry, John. (May 7, 1999) "Broadman & Holman Publishers announces new Bible translation" (http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=929). Retrieved March 14, 2005.
- Walker, Ken. (July 20, 2001) "Holman Christian Standard Bible New Testament now available" (http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=11363). Retrieved March 14, 2005.
- LifeWay Christian Resources. "The Holman CSB Translation Philosophy" (http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A%253D156721%2526M%253D200348,00.html). Retrieved March 14, 2005.
External link
- HCSB official website (http://www.broadmanholman.com/hcsb.asp)