The Bible at Cultural Crossroads: From Translation to Communication

Bible translators have focused their efforts on preparing a text that is clear, natural and accurate, with the expectation that audiences will understand the message if it is in their language. Field research among the Adioukrou of Côte d'Ivoire shows that audiences also need to have access to the contextual information the author expected his audience to bring to the text. When such information is provided, both understanding of and interest in the message increase dramatically. These findings support Relevance Theory's claim that meaning is inferred from the interaction of text and context. To the extent that the contextual knowledge evoked by the text for contemporary audiences differs from that evoked for the first audience, understanding is impaired. The Bible at Cultural Crossroads presents a model to assist translators in identifying contextual mismatches and applies it on the thematic level to mismatches between first-century Jewish and Adioukrou views of the unseen world, and on the passage level to contextual mismatches arising from four Gospel passages. In-text and out-of-text solutions for adjusting contextual mismatches are explored, with field research results showing the effectiveness of various solutions. Context is shown to be both a significant factor in communication and a dynamic one. Translations of the text alone are not sufficient for successful communication.

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Hill, Harriet

Words, Language & Grammar

Routledge

This book is the second in a series, intended to be used after the first book, Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help. The first book helps people heal from trauma and loss using biblical and mental health principles. This second book, Strength from Weakness, helps people grow through their suffering and become more resilient so they are better prepared to face suffering in the future. It helps them explore more layers of their trauma and pain, and experience deeper layers of healing.

Strength from Weakness: Growing through Suffering

Hill, Margaret

Loum, Godfrey

Religion & Spirituality

American Bible Society

Sanar las heridas del corazón - Participant Guide (Spanish Edition)

Christian Books & Bibles

Baggé, Richard

Christian Living

Sanar las heridas del corazón - Facilitator Guide (English and Spanish Edition)

Review\nI recommend this book to anyone who desires to see translated Scripture change lives! Translating the Bible into Action weaves together a wealth of experience from translation practitioners who desire to see effective Scripture engagement in language communities around the world by overcoming barriers inherent in worldview, language, culture, theology, and the medium of the message. Through stories, discussion questions, exercises, and resources the reader is respectfully drawn into the learning process, helped to discover how Scripture is relevant for their world, and empowered to go and put this into action through Bible storying, Bible studies, sermons, prayers, "good news encounters," evangelism, visual arts, digital media, drama, music, and dance! Translating the Bible into Action will remain an important and inﬂuential resource to facilitate engagement with God's word in life-changing ways.HANS COMBRINK 
Vice President, Training & Quality Assurance, Biblica 
Chair, SIL International Board of Directors\nWhen Jesus was born to Mary, God "translated" himself into our human world. This act of God's translation continues today wherever the gospel is expressed, in each language and lived out in each culture that makes up our diverse world. Unfortunately, the church often ignores its cultural and linguistic diversity and, instead, imposes a dominant "language" and "culture" for expressing faith. This textbook seeks to challenge that situation.\nBy identifying common barriers that prevent people from engaging with Scripture, the authors explore the ways churches can maintain unity in Christ and celebrate the diversity of their membership. Addressing a wide-range of relevant issues and using practical applications, this revised and updated edition re-establishes the importance of good, contextual Scripture engagement. A key resource in helping church leaders encourage people to communicate with God in their own language and to discover that Christ wants to make himself at home in their world.

Translating the Bible Into Action, 2nd Edition: How the Bible Can Be Relevant in All Languages and Cultures

Langham Global Library

Bible translators have focused their efforts on preparing a text that is clear, natural and accurate, with the expectation that audiences will understand the message if it is in their language. Field research among the Adioukrou of Côte d'Ivoire shows that audiences also need to have access to the contextual information the author expected his audience to bring to the text. When such information is provided, both understanding of and interest in the message increase dramatically. These findings support Relevance Theory's claim that meaning is inferred from the interaction of text and context. To the extent that the contextual knowledge evoked by the text for contemporary audiences differs from that evoked for the first audience, understanding is impaired. The Bible at Cultural Crossroads presents a model to assist translators in identifying contextual mismatches and applies it on the thematic level to mismatches between first-century Jewish and Adioukrou views of the unseen world, and on the passage level to contextual mismatches arising from four Gospel passages. In-text and out-of-text solutions for adjusting contextual mismatches are explored, with field research results showing the effectiveness of various solutions. Context is shown to be both a significant factor in communication and a dynamic one. Translations of the text alone are not sufficient for successful communication.

If you, or other members of your church, regularly feel frustrated because what you read in the Bible is simply irrelevant to your daily life, or you feel as if there is a barrier keeping you from understanding God's word in a way that inspires you to live it out, then this practical, interactive textbook for pastors, church leaders or Bible students may offer help. In this book, the authors show how Bible translations and Bible formats, for example, or family and church customs, levels of literacy or the way majority and minority languages interact in multi-lingual cultures, all affect the way we understand what we read, and in particular, what we read in the Bible. Next, this book suggests actions to help readers overcome the obstacles they face in reading the Bible with meaningful understanding. The book is structured so that individual chapters can be studied separately in workshops. And those who have studied a chapter can straightaway apply what they have learnt in their churches: they can immediately use this book to teach others! Questions, discussion topics and group activities for learners are included, as well as stories that illustrate the main ideas.

Translating the Bible Into Action: How the Bible Can Be Relevant in All Languages and Cultures

Piquant Editions

Wherever adults suffer, children suffer doubly. This book equips churches and concerned adults to help children recover after traumatic events like war or abuse. It is the leader’s guide for the Healing Hearts Club™ program in Spanish, an interactive, story-centered, field-tested model of Bible-based trauma healing that provides vital mental health information for children in a biblical framework. Using this book, lay leaders work with children aged 9–13 in small groups. Each child receives the companion volume, the CLUB SANANDO CORAZONES HISTORIAS Y ACTIVIDADES (ABS Item 124165-POD, ISBN 9781941448373). This facilitator’s book includes the stories, along with activities, games, memory verses, and clear, comprehensive, and practical guidelines on how to run an effective trauma healing program for children—whether as a week-long camp or in weekly classes. Appendixes provide guidance for working with younger children or with teenagers. Each of the ten lessons includes a Bible story and a composite real-life story about the experiences of “Carlos and  Rosa” so children can see the effects of trauma, learn how to work through their emotional and spiritual pain, and experience God’s love for them. The book has been field tested with leaders and children from Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and independent churches and orphanages. This book is part of the product line from the Trauma Healing Institute at American Bible Society. It uses the same approach as the adult book, Sanando las Heridas del Corazón. The Institute provides ongoing support for this program, including an online resource packet with supporting material. Paperback. 128 pages. 5.25 x 8.25 inches

Sanando las Heridas del Corazón: Libro del Facilitador (Spanish Edition)

McCombs, Margi

This book offers a practical approach to engaging the Bible and mental health principles to find God’s healing for wounds of the heart. This provides a strong foundation for restored lives and relationships. It is a resource for leaders in churches and NGOs who care for people who have suffered horrific events like war, civil unrest, ethnic conflict, rape, and natural disasters. It will also help individuals struggling with suffering. It provides core mental health principles within a biblical framework, an approach that has been field tested since 2001 with leaders from Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and independent churches. It has been adapted into more than 150 languages and cultures around the world. It is designed for use in groups and written in simple and non-technical language. Each lesson begins with a story depicting its topic, followed by discussion questions and participatory exercises. The book includes 270 Bible references from 217 passages. This is the core book of the Trauma Healing Institute at American Bible Society. Paperback. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. 116 pages.

Sanar las heridas del corazón: La iglesia puede ayudar (Spanish Edition)

Baggé, Dick

This book offers a practical approach to engaging the Bible and mental health principles to find God s healing for wounds of the heart. This provides a strong foundation for restored lives and relationships. 
 This edition is adapted for ministry in North America, with all-new stories and three new chapters on domestic abuse, suicide, and addictions.

Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help, North American Edition

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The Bible at Cultural Crossroads: From Translation to Communication

Strength from Weakness: Growing through Suffering

Sanar las heridas del corazón - Participant Guide (Spanish Edition)

Sanar las heridas del corazón - Facilitator Guide (English and Spanish Edition)

Translating the Bible Into Action, 2nd Edition: How the Bible Can Be Relevant in All Languages and Cultures

The Bible at Cultural Crossroads: From Translation to Communication

Translating the Bible Into Action: How the Bible Can Be Relevant in All Languages and Cultures

Sanando las Heridas del Corazón: Libro del Facilitador (Spanish Edition)

Sanar las heridas del corazón: La iglesia puede ayudar (Spanish Edition)

Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help, North American Edition