First Fruits of Summer 2019 1. Semester Program – Semester Graduation! Mother-tongue translators from eight French-speaking countries in West Africa graduated June 25 from our Hebrew-intensive semester program, with a new understanding of the Bible’s natural context. – A first! Our students learned how to render mother-tongue translations of Biblical poetry in melodies that are true to each translator’s culture, taught by an …
Et hjem i Israel for bibeloversettere fra Afrika
Av Vidar Norberg På Judeas fjell, like utenfor Jerusalem, ligger et hjem for bibeloversettere. Der lærer de hebraisk språk, bibelsk geografi, poesi og kultur for å oversette Bibelen i afrikanske land. –Det er rundt 400 språk bare i Nigeria og 70 språk i Togo i Afrika som trenger oversettelse av Tanach, Det gamle testamente, sier lederen, den norskættede Halvor Ronning …
Registration now open for the January 2020 JCBT “Land of the Bible” Course
The annual Jerusalem Center for Bible Translators 2020 course for Bible Consultants and Consultants-in-Training is now open for registration! Course Dates: January 16-29, 2020. This exceptional 14-day course includes 12 days of study-tours relating Scripture text to its historical, archaeological, cultural, linguistic and geographical context. With Bibles in our hands, trips to the Biblical sites throughout the Land will be …
The Class of 2019 Has Graduated!
The unique 2019 JCBT French Semester Course graduated at the end of June. Five months of intensive studies, delivered by experienced Bible Consultants and other experts in their own fields, came to a close in an emotional graduation ceremony. Congratulations to the eight Francophone Mother-Tongue Bible Translators, who are all back with their families by now. In the course of …