Bible translations
USC researchers use AI to help translate Bible into very rare languages
By Fiona André — July 5, 2023
(RNS) — Their goal is to target ‘very low-resource languages that are not even in the top 500.’
Three of the most mistranslated words in Scripture — according to TikTokers
By Renée Roden — July 14, 2021
(RNS) — Explaining the nitty-gritty details of ancient Greek and Hebrew may not seem like viral content, but on TikTok, it’s algorithm fire.
Jehovah’s Witnesses complete entire Bible in American Sign Language
By Adelle M. Banks — February 28, 2020
(RNS) — On Feb. 15, the last of the Bible's 66 books — the story of Job — was released in video on the Jehovah's Witnesses website, completing what a church spokesman said is the only complete Bible in ASL.
In Robert Alter’s majestic Bible translation, the achievement is in the details
By A. James Rudin — April 4, 2019
(RNS) — With an accurate, understandable translation that captures the unique sentence structure, style and syntax of the ancient language, Alter has set a new standard for biblical scholarship.
N.T. Wright, David Bentley Hart and the latest tussle over biblical translation
By Martin E. Marty — January 29, 2018
In Christian orbits, debates over which translation one is allowed to favor have led to schisms and vicious conflicts.
Faithful to the end: An interview with Eugene Peterson
By Jonathan Merritt — September 27, 2013
One of America's best known theologians reflects on 81 years of life and ministry.
The most oppressive Bible verse that never was
By Jonathan Merritt — April 15, 2013
Some conservative Christians live oppressed lives rooted in a verse that doesn't even exist.
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