March 10, 1999
Patterson, Mohler aiding RSV revision
___WHEATON, Ill. (BP)--Several prominent Southern Baptists are lending their names to plans for an inerrancy-based edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
___Called the "English Standard Version," the new Bible edition will be published by Crossway Books, a division of Good News Publishers, based in Wheaton, Ill.
___A Crossway news release said the ESV project will require "great care" and thus "it will be a while before we will be able to set a date for publication."
___The key goal, according to the Crossway news release, is "to reclaim for the body of Christ the best essentially literal translation of the Bible, which most accurately, clearly and timelessly communicates the written word of God, in the words of enduring English."
___Among the Southern Baptists on the 51-member advisory council for the translation are:
___Paige Patterson, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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___Additionally, the ESV's 12-member translation oversight committee will include Paul House, professor of Old Testament interpretation at Southern Seminary, as associate chairman of the project's Old Testament committee.
___Among others on the ESV advisory council are televangelist Jerry Falwell; theologian R. C. Sproul; Jack Hayford, pastor of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys, Calif.; John Piper, senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis; Don Argue, president of Northwest College in Kirkland, Wash., and former president of the National Association of Evangelicals; John Walvoord, chancellor of Dallas Theological Seminary; and Luder Whitlock, president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Miss.Frontpage / Contents/ Masthead / Why We're Here / Links / Archive / E-mail us/ SUBSCRIBE!