Criticism and Responses
GW uses a dynamic equivalence translation methodology it calls "Closest Natural Equivalence". Critics argue that the dynamic equivalence translation method forfeits translation in favor of interpretation and commentary, separating the reader from the actual meaning of the biblical author.
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