Sign Language Bible Complete After 39 Years

The ASL (American Sign Language) Version of the Bible—produced by Deaf Missions with support from the Deaf Bible Society, DOOR International, Deaf Harbor, the American Bible Society, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Seed Company, and Pioneer Bible Translators—is the first sign language Bible to be translated from the original languages. Erle Deira, a project manager at the American Bible Society, said it is also the first to be accepted as authoritative by Protestants worldwide and will be used to assist in translating the Bible into other sign languages, including Nigerian, Japanese, and Mexican.

“We are very grateful that we have sufficient Biblical scholars who understand Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew who are part of the deaf community,” Deira said. “It was important that deaf people who are trained to be translators, those are the people who call the shots. Those are the people who decide how to best express an idea from Hebrew. They have ownership.”

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