Modular Aggregation of Principles for Bible Translation
Articles, links, and files related to translation in general and Bible translation in particular.
- RBRobert BascomApr 13, 2018
The Study of Language, Fourth (now Sixth) Edition
I have only skimmed the contents so far, but it looks interesting. The Study of Language This best-selling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language. Assuming no prior knowledg…
- LDLourens De VriesApr 11, 2018
Two Christian Malay Manuscripts in British Library: interesting blog by Annabel Gallop Curator Asia
http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2018/04/two-christian-manuscripts-in-malay.html
- RBRobert BascomApr 6, 2018
Computer system transcribes words users "speak silently"
This takes talking to yourself to a whole new level. Extracted text from http://news.mit.edu: Arnav Kapur, a researcher in the Fluid Interfaces group at the MIT Media Lab, demonstrates the AlterEgo project. Image: Lorrie…
- RBRobert BascomApr 6, 2018
Relevance theory mind games
Try changing "isn't" to "is" and the second "incorrectly" to "correctly." Sense can be made of all four possibilities. You'll have to ask Stephen Pattemore how that is possible. And ask Marlon Winedt about the slippery s…
- RBRobert BascomApr 6, 2018
Relevance mind games
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- MEMaría Elena González YáñezApr 5, 2018
Biblia LSM
http://bibliasordomex.com/biblia/traduccion/index.html Biblia traducción LSM El nueva la pagina www.biblialsm.com ya no Bibliasordomex. https://biblialsm.com/blsm.html Gracias
- RCRoy CiampaApr 3, 2018
John Meade, "Why Does Michelangelo’s Moses Look Like That?"
There has been some interesting background on horns and Moses having horns on his face in the past (see, e.g., Süring, "The Horn-Motifs of the Bible and the Ancient Near East"). John Meade has just posted a brief interes…
- RBRobert BascomApr 1, 2018
Fragmented identities
Recently, at the annual UBS Global Bible Translation meeting, our colleague Simon Wong gave a moving devotional in which he used the Japanese art of kintzugi as a metaphor for how brokenness can be made beautifully whole…
- RBRobert BascomMar 30, 2018
The Cultural Iceberg
Interestingly, most cognitive scientists would argue that the way worldview is culturally constructed is by means of embodied cognition and cultural reproduction: https://map.bloomfire.com/posts/2117448-embodied-cognitio…
- RBRobert BascomMar 30, 2018
Crickets And Cannibals
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- RBRobert BascomMar 29, 2018
Slowing down
https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/490624293/slowing-down?showDate=2018-02-02
- RBRobert BascomMar 29, 2018
Decoding Our Emotions
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- JHJim HarriesMar 26, 2018
Vulnerable Mission: what it is and why we need it
“Why should a missionary be vulnerable?” (This is not about mission to vulnerable people, or vulnerable children, but it is about the need for a missionary to the majority world him/her-self to be vulnerable.) Vulnerable…
Andy Warren-RothlinMar 24, 2018Conference: Remember their sin no more?
Anthony Bash (Durham) | Dianne Bergant (Chicago) | Richard Briggs (Durham) | David Firth (Bristol) | David Lambert (Chapel Hill) | Gordon McConville (Gloucester) | David Reimer (Edinburgh) | David Shepherd (Dublin) | Len…
- RBRobert BascomMar 23, 2018
Por los pelos:
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- JZJost ZetzscheMar 18, 2018
Lesser-known English translations
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- GMGilges MusumaliMar 16, 2018
ACTS 17:23, 24 - TRANSLATING THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE IN CONTEXT: A CASE OF MALAPROPISM?
ACTS 17:23, 24 - TRANSLATING THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE IN CONTEXT: A CASE OF MALAPROPISM? The message of the Bible shows that Gentiles (all who are non-Israelites) are without God, they do not seek God and do not know God…
- RCRoy CiampaMar 13, 2018
"Sores" or "Wounds"? Important new article on Luke 16:20-21 and context
This article just came out in the latest issue of the journal New Testament Studies. Strong makes what I consider a persuasive case that all those translations that suggest Lazarus suffered from "sores" are incorrect. He…
- NLNicholas LamméMar 9, 2018
A Guide to the Critical Apparatus of the NA27 and NA28
Well, maybe the readers on this forum can orient me if something like this already exists. But, since I haven't been able to find anything quite like this in Spanish, I created it for my NT Greek students at ESEPA Semina…
- SPStephen PattemoreMar 5, 2018
Translation and Ecology
There is to be a special session of the Ecological Hermeneutics section at SBL 2018, on the implication of Ecological considerations for Bible Translation. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS IS 7 March. See the Cal…