INTRODUCTION: THE CURRENT DEBATE ABOUT BIBLE TRANSLATION MY AIM IN THIS introduction is to establish a context for the analysis of contemporary Bible translation theory and practice that is the focus of the book as a whole. I propose to briefly sketch the state of Bible translation for the past fifty years, to suggest what I think is happening currently, and to situate myself in the current debate about what constitutes the best theory of English Bible translation. THE CONTEXT OF THE DEBATE: BIBLE
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