Better Bibles Blog

My friend and mentor, Hart Wiens, describes the two options Bible translators have when trying to find a word for the God of the Bible: Translating Key Words: God and Allah If the discussion is broadened to include other key Bible words, what relevance do you think this discussion might have for the vocabulary used [...]

Have you ever found your attention wandering as your read your Bible or listen to it in audio form? Your brain is probably trying to multitask because you have so much on your mind in our busy world. The answer for reading the Bible with divided attention will soon be here, the RDWT Bible app [...]

Bible translator Eddie Arthur has blogged several helpful, explanatory posts recently about how language, meaning, and Bible translation. He has focused on the discussion about how to translate the meaning of Father and Son in languages where these words have meanings different from the biblical languages and English.

I’m an Alaskan. I have a special interest in Bible translation of Alaska Native languages. I just discovered a blog post titled “How Not to Do Bible Translation.” The post begins: An Alaskan radio station is reporting on the dire reception of a new Tlingit (an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of America) encyclopedia.  “The [...]

Scot McKnight likes Tom Wright’s new New Testament translation: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2012/01/19/tom-wrights-new-testament-translation/ Fr. Charles Erlandson, a fellow Anglican, likes Wright’s translation but finds a number of translation decisions he disagrees with. See Erlandson’s review on this page: http://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-New-Testament-Contemporary-Translation/dp/0062064916/ref=cm_cr-mr-title