Yes, “welter and waste” — more on that later. Most full translations of the Bible are done by teams of translators. Alter is the first person to complete a major English-language translation ...

The oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament ... Many Jewish and pagan converts obtained their first knowledge of the Bible through the Septuagint. 2. Old Latin. Since the Christians ...

A retired solicitor who translated the whole of the Bible into Doric has said he is “absolutely delighted” to be recognised in the New Year Honours list. Gordon M Hay spent 17 years translating the ...

The new translation of the Bible was no huge success when it was first published. The English preferred to stick with the Geneva Bibles they knew and loved. Besides, edition after edition was ...

His article "The Past as Destiny" will appear in the October issue of the Harvard Theological Review The Origins of the Hebrew Bible and Its ... Philo's Biblical Antiquities (first century CE ...

Walters said he wanted to distribute a Bible "free from commentary ... New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), first published ...

Both were published in 1567 meaning that religion was now available in Welsh for the first time ... was the translation’s cultural significance. The translation of the Bible gave great ...

JK: SBL members have always been involved in Bible translations, including the RSV and NRSV, but it was a new step for us to be formally involved in managing, directing, and producing this project. It ...

is the first major update to the JPS translation of the Tanakh in nearly 40 years. So far, only the books comprising the Prophets, the Hebrew Bible’s second section, are available on Sefaria.