---
title: 'Dr. Moffatt’s Translation of the Old Testament'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Edward Mack, Sr.'
date: 1925-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Bible and Canon'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Ruth 3'
- '1 Samuel 17'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mack-1925-dr-moffatts-translation-of-the-old-testament
---

# Dr. Moffatt’s Translation of the Old Testament

Critical review of James Moffatt's New Translation of the Old Testament, faulting rearranged text, awkward English, mistranslations, and lack of scholarly and literary fidelity.

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