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Whip-poor-will Song
1 minuteOne of the songs I remember hearing my grandmother sing is the “Whippoorwill Song.” It can be found in The Star of Bethlehem: A Collection of Church-Tunes, Anthems, Choruses and Glees, originally compiled by J. H. Hall, J. H. Ruebush, and Aldine S. Kieffer and published by Ruebush, Kieffer & Co. in 1889. The entire book […]
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Words for Word Translation
1 minuteTranslation is never as simple as matching up word for word. Romans 10:4 appears as follows in the Greek New Testament (Nestle-Aland 28th edition): τέλος γὰρ νόμου Χριστὸς εἰς δικαιοσύνην παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι. In English, the Christian Standard Bible gives us: For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes, […]
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The Happiness of Human Beings in Bible Translation
1 minuteI am honored to have an article about Bible translation published on the blog of Phoenix Seminary’s Text & Canon Institute. It’s called “Bible Translations Are for People.” In it, I reflect on what is often considered one quality of a “good” translation of the Bible: acceptability. We celebrate the translation of the Bible, but […]
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Walking by Faith
9 minutesScrolling Reading Paul’s letters in the New Testament is like scrolling through his phone. Today, our reading from 2 Corinthians drops awkwardly into chapter 5 (vv. 6-10,14-17). It feels a bit like we’re reading screenshots that have been stitched together. What’s going on? Why did he say that? What led to this? Who’s he talking […]