#TranslationTuesday
“I would have those words translated into all languages… I long for the plowboy to sing them to himself as he follows the plow, the
“I would have those words translated into all languages… I long for the plowboy to sing them to himself as he follows the plow, the
“Our mother tongue is the language in which God speaks to each of us. He does not speak in a sacred language, but in the
“One key feature through the whole story of the Bible is the actual production of the Bible. God did not just act through history, he
“Translation is a powerful process. It can uncover dimensions of a message which have not been recognized in quite the same way in previous translation
“What translators rather dryly refer to as looking for key terms is in fact an exciting theological reflection on God’s revelation to us. Things which
“The Bible addresses issues that missionaries don’t. People in different situations see things in the Bible that others miss. Missionaries come with a whole load
“One of the great blessings of being involved in Bible translation is that you get to wrestle with expressing God’s word in other languages and
“The Christian approach to translatability strikes at the heart of such Gnostic tendencies, first by contending that the greatest and most profound religious truths are
“If we believe that God is the Creator and Lord of history, of peoples, languages and cultures, then we must believe that his Word is
“The way in which God pulled the Bible together is altogether remarkable. He could have written the words himself, or he could have given us