Interview with J.I. Packer about the ESV

Listen to a four-part discussion between Dr. J.I. Packer, General Editor of the ESV, and host Wayne Shepherd of Open Line. This discussion first aired January 22, 2002.

  1. Dr. Packer and host Wayne Shepherd discuss the need for another translation and some of the differences between the ESV and the RSV. Listen
  2. Dr. Packer talks about the translation process and answers questions about the ending of Mark and retaining the “poetry of the King James Version.” Listen
  3. Dr. Packer continues talking about the need for owning multiple translations and answers questions about the NASB and the translation of "only begotten" at the beginning of John. He also briefly discusses the handling of gender issues in the translation of the ESV. Listen
  4. Dr. Packer discusses his love of classical jazz, answers questions about the need for another translation, and says that the translation of Romans provoked the most discussion. (Read Romans 8.) Listen

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