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Robert Young (Biblical scholar) |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:Robert Young (1822-1888) was a Scottish publisher who was self-taught and proficient in various ancient languages. He had his own published works, the most well known being a Bible translation commonly referred to as Young's Literal Translation. He was born in Edinburgh and eventually served an apprenticeship in printing and simultaneously taught himself various oriental languages. He eventually joined the Free Church, and in 1847 he started his own business of printing and selling books, particularly of works related to Old Testament studies. As well as his Bible translation, his other major works include the Analytical Concordance to the Bible (for the King James Version) and Concise Commentary on the Holy Bible. |
The Young's Literal Translation (YLT) of the Holy Bible was translated by Robert Young in 1862. It is considered by many to be a better (more consistently translated and more faithful to the Greek & Hebrew of the Received Text & Masoretic Text) English translation than the King James Version (KJV). Consistency in translation is certainly easier to achieve with one translator than with many. Also Mr. Young had the groundwork of many great scholars that went before him to assist him in undertaking this monumental task.
Some of the introductory notes to the YLT are available here so that you may see for yourself what Mr. Young was trying to accomplish. What has been omitted are some additional notes on the Hebrew text and its translation.
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I believe upon reading these notes you will be prompted to obtain your own copy of the YLT Bible and you will be persuaded to check out the underlying Greek and Hebrew text more often when studying your English Bible, whichever version you use.
Ray Kane
http://comingintheclouds.org