Equipping the Church to Translate the Word
Miles Coverdale made many lasting contributions to the English Reformation. He is well known for his work on the English Bible. After William Tyndale's arrest, Coverdale continued the work of translation and produced the Coverdale Bible in 1535, the first complete English Bible of the era. During this period, he also produced a book of hymns based on …
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Who is the Bible for? Who are the intended readers of a Bible translation? To use a more technical term, who is the ‘audience’ in translation? For centuries, it was generally believed that one translation was sufficient and that the translation was for the entire church and, by extension, even for an entire Christian nation. However, today, we have …
The field of Bible translation is filled with theories, principles, frames and frameworks. When it comes to the relevance of the Scriptures themselves for the task of translation, little is heard beyond references to the Great Commission. I present here ten affirmations about Bible translation drawn in large part from the Scriptures with the conviction …
In 1535, John Calvin arrived in Basel, Switzerland, having fled his homeland because of rising persecution. While in Basel, Calvin wrote two theological works, one in French and the second in Latin. The first work was a preface to the New Testament in French. This preface was appreciated at the time but has been largely forgotten, overshadowed by his …
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High in the Finisterre Mountains of Papua New Guinea, Luke Ketenu wrote a letter requesting a wokman ‘worker’ come to his community, referring to a missionary who could translate God's Word and then teach his people. Luke wrote his letter on May 28, 2004; he had written before, and he will no doubt continue writing. Far too often people groups receive …
