Modular Aggregation of Principles for Bible Translation
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- DSDaud SoesiloMay 20, 2015
Tinkering With the Word of God - The New Yorker
Tinkering With the Word of God in The New Yorker May 18, 2015 By Avi Steinberg http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/tinkering-with-the-word-of-god?mbid=social\_twitter
Andy Warren-RothlinMay 20, 2015Everett Fox 'tinkering with the Word of God'
Fox puts the “piss” back into the Bible, ... with Fox, the concreteness and physicality of imagery serve the story as a heavy drumroll, signalling what he calls a “literary onslaught of body parts” in the sagas of mad Ki…
- RCRoy CiampaMay 11, 2015
Important Reading for Those Preparing Bibles or Picture Books for Children
Anyone translating or preparing a Bible or picture book for children may find very important food for thought in Text, Image, and Otherness in Children's Bible's: What's in the Picture?, edited by Caroline Vander Stichel…
- NENathan EsalaMay 7, 2015
Ethnic group hermeneutics
1\. "God speaks to men and women always in the vernacular" (Bediako 1995, 60). 2\. "The single most important element for building...an indigenous Christian tradition is...the Scriptures in the vernacular language of a p…
- TVTheo van der LouwMay 4, 2015
Remote working for Translation Consultants
As many of us do "remote work," this review of a recent book on remote working might be of interest to you. It was discussed with a group of Netherlands-based translation consultants. Any feedback is warmly welcomed! Ext…
- RBRobert BascomMay 4, 2015
In memoriam: Roger L. Omanson
Roger Omanson, our friend and colleague, a true giant in the translation community, passed away on April 30 of pancreatic cancer. He passed peacefully, but it happened quickly and came as a shock to us all. We mourn our…
- ZSZambolis SawkmieApr 29, 2015
Enacted Word: Using Theater to Present Scripture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0IcuaAp3N8
- ZSZambolis SawkmieApr 29, 2015
Teaching Mark as Performance Literature: By Thomas E. Boomshire, 2013
http://www.gotell.org/pdf/writing/tom/Boomershine\_Teaching%20Mark%20as%20Performance%20Lit.pdf
- ZSZambolis SawkmieApr 29, 2015
"ORAL FIXATION AND THE NEW TESTAMENT" - A lecture by Larry Hurtado
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- YWYancy W. Smith, PhDApr 22, 2015
Paul's Portrait of Christ and Images of Divine Suffering in Houses
Extracted text from L.BalchDavid.The_Suffering_of_Isis_Io_and_Paul_s_Portrait_of_Christ_CrucifiedGal._31Frescoes_in_Pompeian_and_Roman_Houses_and_in_the_Temple_of_Isis_in_Pompeii.The_Journal_of_Religion_jstor_issuetitle_…
- YWYancy W. Smith, PhDApr 22, 2015
Multiplicity of Meaning 2. Embrace the Treasure of Multiple Translations
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- YWYancy W. Smith, PhDApr 22, 2015
A Fascinating Postcolonial Reading of Paul's Letter to the Galatians by Aliou Cissé Niang
Extracted text from Niang.pdf: FAITH AND FREEDOM IN GALATIA: A SENEGALESE DIOLA SOCIOPOSTCOLONIAL HERMENEUTICS by Aliou Ciss Niang Bachelor of Religious Studies, 1995 Williams Baptist College Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Maste…
- FBfreddy boswellApr 21, 2015
Why is Bible Translation Vulnerable?
This is what strikes me at the end of the FOBAI meeting, which was held on the theme of The Vulnerability of Bible Translation. I've been mulling over some ideas around this topic for a long time, it seems, but only now…
- YWYancy W. Smith, PhDApr 21, 2015
Multiplicity of Meaning and Vulnerability in Translation
In addition to the following resources, a very good article on embracing the multiplicity of meaning in Bible translation is: Zetzche J. Knowing what the Bible «really» means: Why multiple translations might even be bett…
- JMJames MaxeyApr 15, 2015
Indigenous
What are your thoughts on the use of 'indigenous' as related to Bible translation?
- MWMarlon WinedtApr 10, 2015
Historical judgments about orality and local communities' need to justify their own orality in translation
Different reactions have been given so far to the Hurtado's article in this series. One person has expressed that PC has totally overshot its claims for orality (See Simon Crips's comments on Hurtado's article). But at t…
- MDMarijke de LangApr 6, 2015
Cognitive Linguistics and Translation
Here's some literature on cognitive linguistics and translation. Another one is an article by Prof. Sandra Halverson of the Norwegian School of Economics, "Reorienting Translation Studies: cognitive approaches and the ce…
- PSPhilip StineMar 31, 2015
A Loss For Words
The current issue of The New Yorker has a long article by Judith Thurman on the consequences of losing a language. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/a-loss-for-words. For those interested in language loss, it…
- MWMarlon WinedtMar 26, 2015
Larry Hurtado's Oral Fixation Article
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract\_S0028688514000058 Larry W. Hurtado (2014). Oral Fixation and New Testament Studies? 'Orality', 'Performance' and Reading Texts in Early Christianity . New Testament Studies, 60, pp…
- MWMarlon WinedtMar 26, 2015
Orality in my Life as a Translator and Caribbean Academic
I have been particularly excited that orality and performance has made it to the classroom of Biblical Studies. Coming from a Dutch academic background myself, while being a Caribbean person, I have found two sides of me…