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BI181 Introducing Bible Translations is unavailable, but you can change that!

Bible translation expert Dr. Mark Strauss introduces the philosophies of translation in order to equip students in their selection of a specific version (or versions) of the Bible. Dr. Strauss compares functional and formal equivalence and describes the strengths and weaknesses of each. He discusses elements of language such as gender terminology, idioms, and metaphors to reveal the importance of...

The answer is because no translation can capture all of the meaning. No translation could capture all of the meaning. We have a saying in English, “Something was lost in the translation,” and that’s certainly the case. Something is always lost when you move from one language to another. All translations, on the other hand—though no translation could capture all of the meaning, all translations capture important aspects of the meaning.
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