calvinism & the ESV

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I have noted that calvinists have been flocking to the ESV with great abandon, and have wondered why. I have only scratched the surface of this subject, but thought I would post a thread and maybe learn a few things myself.

First I know that the oversight committee of the ESV was loaded with calvinists: Wayne Grudem, J.I. Packer, D. John Collins, Thomas R. Schreiner, Justin Taylor. Of course these are some very fine men, and I would hope they wouldn't have written their eisegesis of the Greek into the text of the ESV.

Many of the contributors were exclusively calvinistic, although the site I was trying to get their names was shut down at this time. So I should actually say that they are reported to be so, however this was stated by a refomed baptist, so I took it to be true.

It seems that the publisher "Crossway" was and is a major publisher of all things reformed and (also publishes the ESV) and may have "flooded" the market with ESV's. (a good marketing strategy)

From what I can gather the ESV study bible clearly leans in the reformed direction, several internet sources said that.

Of course the current Pope of calvinism (Piper) supposedly uses the ESV, and for sure that would signal the "followers" of him and John Calvin to do likewise.

I for the most part relied on internet sources, and did not look at any "source" material myself, if I have erred in any of this please tell me where and add the correction.

I am mostly interested in whether or not the ESV is a solid translation, does it stick closesy to the extant source documents that it uses.