Modular Aggregation of Principles for Bible Translation
Articles, links, and files related to translation in general and Bible translation in particular.
- DFdanny fitzgeraldDec 11, 2015
Bauman, Richard. 1992. "Performance," in Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments: A Communications-Centered Handbook. New York: Oxford University Press,
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- LCLEONARDO COJOC ICALDec 10, 2015
Proyecto de Lecto-Escritura Poqomchi'
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- YWYancy W. Smith, PhDDec 10, 2015
BT 2015 Prezi on Translation and Ancient Visual Art
Below you will find the transcript of the presentation given at BT 2015 in Duncanville, TX. Extracted text from BT_2015_Translating_Epistles_Visual_Art.docx: Even though the New Testament comes down to us in written form…
- RSRonnie SimDec 8, 2015
How should the Greek word for "Jews" be translated? asks Dr Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg
He says:: The translation of Ioudaioi always and only as “Jews” sends the reader in the opposite direction from what the author intended. While the translation of this word simply as “Judeans,” is a more accurate choice…
- GPGreg PruettDec 4, 2015
Forum of Bible Agencies International Translation Development Group Statement about MAST methodology
On October 21, 2015, the Translation Development Group of the Forum of Bible Agencies International met. One item discussed at the meeting was a Peer-Reviewed Assessment of the MAST Methodology. The Translation Developme…
- DSDaud SoesiloDec 1, 2015
Logos December's Free Book: NTL Ephesians
In case you did not see it, Stephen E. Fowl’s New Testament Library Series (NTL) Ephesians is Logos December's free book of the month (You save $35.99). You can add Luke Timothy Johnson’s NTL Hebrews for just $1.99 (You…
- MHMichael HemenwayDec 1, 2015
Accepting Applications for NSTS 2016
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- PBPeter BrassingtonNov 30, 2015
2015 Bible Translation Statistics infographic
Out of nearly 7,000 languages in use on the planet nearly 3,000 languages now have at least one book of the Bible, the rest don’t. So how many languages still need scripture? The answer involves a lot more than simple ma…
- DRDaniel RodriguezNov 27, 2015
Michel Serres on the Humanities
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- YWYancy W. Smith, PhDNov 23, 2015
Translation as Liturgical Extension of the Life of Synagogue and Church
Extracted text from SBL_2015.docx: Intersemiotic Translation Yancy Smith, Society of Biblical Literature 2015 The Bible is, as Holly Hearon has suggested, simultaneously a Book and at the same time not a fixed text, betw…
- FLFausto LirianoNov 23, 2015
The Online Battle For Papyrus
The growing battle of papyrus online sell, which includes an eBay papyrus seller turned out to be two sisters who ran an online beauty supplies store. They had inherited a Book of Revelation from which they cut individua…
- FLFausto LirianoNov 23, 2015
Ancient and rare Greek New Testament papyrus found on eBay
A credit card sized papyrus, dates from around 250 to 350 AD, contains about six lines of the Gospel of John on one side and an unidentified Christian text on the other.
- JHJim HarriesNov 20, 2015
Translation should be from unknown to known.
https://www.academia.edu/18716819/Translation\from\unknown\to\known\is\desperately\needed\Africa\and\the\_West
- MHMichael HemenwayNov 20, 2015
Digital Humanities for Biblical Studies
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- MHMichael HemenwayNov 20, 2015
Tidslinjen.no - bible at a glance
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- JCJeremiah ChungNov 20, 2015
Source Code of Open Source TBTA(Natural Language Generation software for Bible Translation) is available
The Bible Translator's Assistant Inc. is a faith based, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We're a group of computational linguists and Bible exegetes who have developed software which enables missionaries and linguists…
- RBRobert BascomNov 17, 2015
The three "V's" of communication
Last March I was in Dallas at the SIL headquarters for some meetings, and on the whiteboard in the back of the meeting room someone had left the pie chart below (not as pretty, but the same information). I scanned it men…
- MDMarijke de LangNov 17, 2015
Jesus and Brian
The book Jesus and Brian. Exploring the Historical Jesus and his Times via Monthy Python's Life of Brian appeared this year (2015) with Bloomsbury / T&T Clark. It contains articles by e.g. William Telford, Bart Ehrman, A…
- DRDaniel RodriguezNov 17, 2015
René Girard 1923-2015
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- RBRobert BascomNov 17, 2015
Embodiment via Body Parts
This study needs to be done everywhere in all cultures, it seems to me. H.W. Wolff started it for the Hebrew Bible (Anthropology of the OT), and Lakoff has shown the way in English with conceptual metaphors and embodied…