Comments on: Culture, Translation, and Literal Meaning

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:28:15 +0000

Yes, I’m sorry for the confusion, Henry. All emailed posts to our blog come in my name for reasons particular to WordPress. When Sue posted her article (she can only email from her current location) I was in Paris watching England play in the Rugby World Cup and not able to change the author tag for a couple of days. That being said, I wouldn’t mind taking the credit for Sue’s excellent little article!

By: Henry Neufeld

Henry Neufeld — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:44:16 +0000

Your proposal is certainly a reasonable one, with which I agree.

By: James

James — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:14:17 +0000

If they want to leave people scratching their heads wondering what their loins are and what they should gird them with, that’s their problem. I’ll continue to be in favor of a modern equivalent – perhaps rolling up sleeves. After all, if the authors of the New Testament Gospels had considered the precise wording of Jesus’ sayings paramount, rather than communicating them in translation to the widest possible audience, then presumably they would have written in Aramaic, and told everyone to learn it if they want to really understand Jesus’ teachings.

By: Henry Neufeld

Henry Neufeld — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:52:24 +0000

Good catch there. I’m not sure how it was when I first read it, but I published without checking links, and when I went back to check them, I noticed the author was Sue. So it doesn’t hurt me to apologize!

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:42:20 +0000

Actually, Henry, you don’t need to apologise for miscrediting Sue’s article. I’m almost sure that it went on the site originally in Eddie’s name, and was then edited to correct the author’s name to Sue. But you do need to correct a later mention from “Eddie” to “Sue”. Yes indeed, an excellent insight into why Bible translation is so difficult.