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Theologizing in Africa: With Special Reference to Bible Translation in Chichewa [PDF]
Conspectus, 2023 To “theologize,” that is, to engage in theological reasoning and exposition when composing oral, written, or multimodal discourse, has been applied continually in Africa ever since the Bible was first introduced to this continent.
Ernst R. Wendland
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Emergence of the Tyndale–King James Version tradition in English Bible translation [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 In this essay, it is demonstrated that the inception of the English Bible tradition began with the oral–aural Bible in Old English translated from Latin incipient texts and emerged through a continuous tradition of revision and retranslation in ...
Jacobus A. Naudé
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Southern Africa Region Mentoring Training Model: A Case of The Word for The World Bible Translators
Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social ScienceThis study evaluates the effectiveness of a mentoring programme and identifies the competencies and frameworks required to support the transition of Bible exegetes, Consultants-in-Training (CiTs), and translation consultants from technical specialists ...
Vincent Nyoni
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The translation of biblion and biblos in the light of oral and scribal practice
In die Skriflig, 2016 The Bible was composed both by way of oral tradition and by scribal activity. Various descriptions exist of the development and relationship of the dominant forms of orality and scribal tradition throughout the history of media culture.
Jacobus A. Naudé +1 more
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Tavsili - The Traditional Oral Translation of the Bible in Judeo-Georgian
Kadmos, 2010 Tavsili - The Traditional Oral Translation of the Bible in Judeo-Georgian. A Critical Edition of Genesis, Part I. The Text, By Reuven Enoch, Publication of the Hebrew University, Jewish Oral Tradition Research Center XXVIII, Edited by Aharon Maman ...
Zurab Kiknadze
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What do we actually translate in representing orality in oral Bible translation and performance?
Acta TheologicaThe translational situation involved in oral Bible translation and performance is complex. Oral features may be translated using Peirce’s semiotics as iconic (the sign bears a relationship of similarity to the signified), indexical (the sign bears a ...
C.L. Miller-Naudé +2 more
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Quality in oral Bible translation and performance
Acta TheologicaTraditionally, the quality of a Bible translation is measured by the criteria of accuracy, clarity, naturalness, and acceptability to determine whether it is equivalent, that is, faithful, to the incipient text. This article describes the development of
T.J. Makutoane +2 more
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Counting on oral Bible translation: Preserving language and culture through numbers
Acta TheologicaBible translation into indigenous languages has a wider social impact beyond its religious significance for Christian communities. This article discusses how traditional written Bible translation projects can impact the social situation of their ...
T.J. Houston
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Acta TheologicaBible translation plays an important role in spiritual formation, as it allows people to access God’s Word in their mother tongue languages. In Malawi, although the Bible has been available in Chichewa, a widely spoken language, for over a century ...
M.C. Banda
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Acta TheologicaThe Institute for Bible Translation (IBT) in Russia has recently started ten new oral Bible translation (OBT) projects in Dagestan, Russia, among minority language communities. There are no Christians or churches among these language communities.
B. Cleaver
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