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It's not enough to translate the Bible; it's not enough to distribute the Bible. Our desire is to see real Scripture Engagement: people encountering God's Word in life changing ways. On this site you'll find news, events and resources for those encouraging Scripture Use and Bible engagement around the world.
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Tue 3 Jan 2012, 18:24The latest IJFM 28:3 (International Journal of Frontier Missions), is devoted to Bible translation, especially the choice of meaningful key terms.
Articles include:
- A New Look at Translating Familial Biblical Terms - Rick Brown, Leith Gray and Andrea Gray
- A Brief Analysis of Filial and Paternal Terms in the Bible - Rick Brown, Leith Gray, and Andrea Gray
- When “Literal” is Inaccurate: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Translating Scripture Meaningfully - Donna Toulmin
- Ideological Challenges for Bible Translators - Roy E. Ciampa
- Basic Principles and Procedures for Bible Translation - Forum of Bible Agencies International
You can download each of the journal articles for free, as well as previous issues. [more...]
A review of ‘Managing linguistic diversity in the church’
Author: Katherine O'Donnell
Reflections on a research paper by Anicka Fast, relevant for those working on Bible translation in multilingual church contexts:
Fast, Anicka 2009. Managing linguistic diversity in the church: language ideological contestation within a shared moral framework in south-western Burkina Faso. Language Documentation and Description, Vol 6, 161-212.
In this review, Katherine O'Donnell reflects on Fast's research as she looks at the perceptions held by missionaries, church leaders and villagers on Mother Tongue (MT) use in church. Fast studied south west Burkina Faso in an area with lots of languages and lots of multilingualism. Many people speak Jula, a Language of Wider Communication (LWC), and some speak French (the official LWC). This situation resembles that in many of the countries where Bible translation is in progress, where there might also be high multilingualism with a LWC and MTs. [more...]
admin | Wed 28 Dec 2011, 16:03"There are lots of ways to read the Bible in a year, and I won’t try to capture all of them. But here are numerous options, in no particular order. You may want to look through it and see what you think would work best for you."
It's a good time of the year to think about how you're going to read the Bible in 2012. Justin Taylor gives us a long list of different Bible reading plans on his blog.
These include book/chapter plans to print out as bookmarks, links to web pages and ways of getting the reading for the day on your phone. [more...]
Reading big chunks of Scripture, out loud, together
Author: Carl Laferton
Published by: The Briefing, 3 November 2011
"What we are trying to do is say we want our people to know the Scripture — and how will they know the Scriptures other than by reading it? And what’s the best way to read it? I’m convinced that it’s designed to be read in big chunks, out loud, with people getting together."
Cornerstone Church in Kingston, UK, have embarked on 'The Big Read'. The idea is to read one book of the Bible each month, together in small groups.
On the first Sunday of the month, the pastor preaches an overview of the book. Then at the midweek prayer meeting, they read the first few chapters together, leaving the rest for the small groups during the other weeks of the month. They've put together a series of 10 questions to help them reflect on what they're reading.
For more details, see the article in The Briefing, which contains some provocative thoughts on Bible reading from Cornerstone's pastor, Pete Woodcock. [more...]
