Synopsis Biblical Literacy Snapshots of Jesus 04/24/2022
Mark Interviews Bill Mounce and Dan Wallace
Bill and Dan were childhood friends and lived and took very different paths
In their careers, as Greek Scholars, and both were joined together as
members of the NIV Translation Committee. They discussed that journey in some
detail, which included how each of them were led to the Lord.
Bill and Dan discussed why they wanted to learn Greek. Both have PHD’s and
are very well versed and very well known for their work in translating original
manuscripts from Greek to English. Both discussed their reason for pursuing
Greek translation as a life long career.
Bill has written a book titled “Basics of Biblical Greek” which has sold over a half
a million copies.
They discussed in a very specific way how verses of the bible are translated and
the difficulty of deciphering the meaning of Greek translations into English Bible
Versions, NIV, ESV, and KJV for example. They discussed this with respect to
John 1:1, Luke 2:14, Matthew 6:13 and others.
The lesson was enlightening and motivated us to study the Bible and do our best
to understand the meaning of the message therein.
