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V9ngu9rd 04:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)Criticism See also: Controversies regarding Jehovah's Witnesses#New_World_Translation The New World Translation is claimed by Jehovah's Witnesses to be the most accurate translation of the original manuscripts to date. [24]. However, some scholars have accused the translation of containing significant theological bias[25]. Other scholars support the Witnesses' position. A recent book by Jason BeDuhn[26] states: “While it is difficult to quantify this sort of analysis, it can be said the NW[T] emerges as the most accurate of the translations compared.” [27] One such example of the discrepancies between the NWT and other scriptural renderings can be seen in the 1st verse of St. John's Gospel, considered a proof text for the divinity of Christ by most Christians. Classically, it is rendered "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."[28] The NWT renders it as follows: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god." Here, you unfairley make it look like The New World Translation is the only bible translation that does this:

1). “and the word was a god”  1808    The New Testement, in an improved version, based upon the basis of Arch Bishop Newcome’ new translation of the scriptures: With corrected text, London. 2). “and a god was the word”  1864    The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson; New York & London. 3). “and the word was devine” 1935   The Bible – An American Translation by J.M.P. Smith and E.J. Goodspeed (Professor at the University of Chicago). To name of few…

[29] Critics claim that this was purposefully translated in order to deny the traditional view that Jesus is God as part of the Trinity. Jehovah's Witnesses, in turn, claim that their rendering is grammatically sound, theologically consistent with the New Testament context, and that the traditional views about the divinity of Christ are more philosophical rather than Biblical.[30] Although the members of the committee that translated the NWT wish to remain anonymous, Raymond Franz, a disfellowshipped former member of the Governing Body[31], has claimed that the translation committee consisted of 5 members:[32] •	Frederick William Franz •	George Gangas •	Karl Klein •	Nathan Knorr •	Albert Schroeder William Cetnar, a former Witness who resigned from the international headquarters in 1958 and was disfellowshipped from the religion for apostasy in 1962[33], also included Milton Henschel as a member of the translation committee.[34] It has been argued that the NWT translators were insufficiently qualified to translate the Bible, with only Franz having formal education in Biblical languages. It has also been argued that the size of the translation committee was very small compared to the number of translators involved in producing most other English translations.[35] These criticisms are disputed by Witnesses, who state that the translation should be examined on its own merits, not on the speculated credentials of its translators.[36]

And yet despite these claims, Jason BeDuhn[26] states: “While it is difficult to quantify this sort of analysis, it can be said the NW[T] emerges as the most accurate of the translations compared.” [27]