tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695060.post307483927815626976..comments2023-05-26T14:36:58.513+01:00Comments on The blog of the Ancient Mariner: Psalms can be 'funny' in The Message.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695060.post-3126101983791602582015-08-24T22:36:50.697+01:002015-08-24T22:36:50.697+01:00It's not a version for use studying, but can s...It's not a version for use studying, but can sometimes be helpful if you need something informal. I'd looked up a passage in that version because of a discussion on a web forum, and wanted to re-quote a passage someone else had posted (in KJV with all it's strangeness and distortion for modern man) in a way that could be readily understood.Toni Ertlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191085694671148065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695060.post-38969553149498370192015-08-24T16:23:30.378+01:002015-08-24T16:23:30.378+01:00I have enormous respect for Eugene Peterson, but I...I have enormous respect for Eugene Peterson, but I'm not a big fan of the Message. I find his "vernacular" approach to translation (to make it sound in our culture like it would presumably have sounded in the original culture) to be quite jarring at times and possibly out of date (that is, not all that vernacular!). I consult the Message from time to time as I might a commentary or to help me see a passage with fresh eyes, but otherwise I don't use it.Marc Vandersluyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752912999085388293noreply@blogger.com