“The Catholics have done it; the Protestants have done it; AND NOW THE JEWS ARE GOING TO DO IT!” So began a 1956 solicitation letter for, of all things, a new Jewish translation of the Bible. Fifty ...
For the first time in its more than 200 years, the Catholic Church in Korea is to have its own Korean language translation of the Bible. The new translation, begun in 1989 and completed in late 2002, ...
The oldest known translation of any part of the Bible into German — strictly, into Old High German — was done between the mid-eighth and the early ninth centuries at Mondsee Abbey, in today’s Upper ...
The Bible covers some 6,000 years of history (4,000 in the Old Testament alone). The Bible is not just a book but it is a compilation of 66 books. The time and events of the Bible point to the chosen ...
The Murderous History of Bible Translations by Harry Freedman reveals the fraught story of the famous text. By Matthew adams In 1411, the then archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Arundel, wrote to Pope ...
Running multiple Catholic groups on various platforms from Facebook to Discord, a frequent question and discussion that comes up is, “Which Bible is right for me?” This is always a loaded question ...
For a baby boomer named Rick, the cover of Good News for Modern Man evoked a flood of wonderful memories. Responding to an online survey that I conducted on the impact of this version of the Bible, ...
The Gospel of Luke records that, as he was dying on the cross, Jesus showed his boundless mercy by praying for his killers this way: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Not so fast ...