Seeing the need for a literal, modern translation of the English Bible, the translators sought to produce a contemporary English Bible while maintaining a word-for-word translation style.
For Greek, Eberhard Nestle's Novum Testamentum Graece was used the 23rd edition in the 1971 original, and the 26th in the 1995 revision. The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia was consulted for the 1995 revision.
The Hebrew text used for this translation was the third edition of Rudolf Kittel's Biblia Hebraica as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls. It offers an alternative to the Revised Standard Version (1946–1952/1971), which is considered by some to be theologically liberal, and also to the 1929 revision of the ASV. The NASB is an original translation from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts, based on the same principles of translation, and wording, as the American Standard Version (ASV) of 1901. They shall give the Lord Jesus Christ His proper place, the place which the Word gives Him therefore, no work will ever be personalized. These publications shall be true to the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. According to the NASB's preface, the translators had a "Fourfold Aim" in this work: The New American Standard Bible is considered by some sources as the most literally translated of major 20th-century English Bible translations. In parallel with the Bible itself, the NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible was published in August 1997.For convenience, this concordance uses the same word numbering system as Strong's Concordance. The NASB was published in the following stages:Ĭomplete Bible, Old and New Testaments (1971)
The most recent edition of the NASB text was published in 1995. The New Testament was first published in 1963, and the complete Bible in 1971. Gary Hill and Gleason Archer, who devised this precious students’ aid, deserve our profoundest thanks.The New American Standard Bible (NASB) is an English translation of the Bible by the Lockman Foundation. The other is to use The Discovery Bible, and start getting it all right as of now. One is to spend some years studying Greek, classical as well as New Testament, so as to be able to spot each nuance accurately for oneself.
The would-be teacher who wants to bring out the full weight of meaning that the New Testament carries now has two choices. The system of symbols is easy to learn and the effect of working with the volume is like adding color to black-and-white photos. The markings in the text and the glossary of synonyms reflect impeccable linguistic scholarship. It makes available to students of the English Bible dimensions of meaning that the Greek verb tenses and word-order convey, but that cannot be expressed in ordinary translations because English is a less subtle language. “The Discovery Bible New Testament is a landmark volume. Packer – American theologian and prolific author. The Discovery Bible preserves this rich heritage of classical Hebrew and Greek philology for our day, competently displaying the emphasis (emphatic word order) of the original text, explaining the Hebrew and Greek verbal systems, and setting forth root-based vocabulary definitions (including near-synonyms) of the biblical languages in a way that represents a triumph in Old and New Testament scholarship (a Genesius and company resurrected).” The Hebrew and Greek principles followed in The Discovery Bible are accurate, trustworthy, and pass on the teaching which has come down from the past. This exegetical advantage is often lost because many Bible colleges and seminary curriculums no longer offer this area of study – even shortened at major seminaries that no longer offer Hebrew in any form. It is also a great help to pastors and seminary students, full of competent instruction in opening the Hebrew text. “The Discovery Bible represents a tremendous amount of work and a wonderful help to all Bible readers, starting with those not having the advantage of a seminary education.
Former President, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Walter Kaiser Jr – Previous Academic Dean and Vice-president, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.