Another Problem with the NRSV: Knowing What To Translate

October 13, 2021 00:06:54
Another Problem with the NRSV: Knowing What To Translate
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Another Problem with the NRSV: Knowing What To Translate

Oct 13 2021 | 00:06:54

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Translators of the Bible have a terrifically complicated and difficult (and usually thankless) task. I always knew that, of course, with my head – ever since taking Greek back in college. But I did not relate to the problems emotionally until I started publishing translations of my own. It’s HARD. My first translation project was a two-volume edition of the Apostolic Fathers for the Loeb Classical Library (published by Harvard University Press). Read by Petra Ortiz

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