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5 Jun 10

Imagining a Google (Ancient) Translate

Continuing on my theme of imagining the usefulness of interesting technologies for the work of biblical studies and ancient historians, I have heard lately quite a bit about how innovative Google’s online translator is. I wonder what would happen if its resources were directed towards ancient languages and texts.
First, let me point you to the [...]

2 Comments Posted in Google Translate, ancient texts, epigraphy, linguistics, translation by Patrick George McCullough
17 Oct 08

Translation Mischief with Junia, the Female Apostle

In order to share with you an observation I had in class yesterday, I have to share a little background about a certain woman who Paul praises in his letter to the Roman church. In Romans 16:7, amidst his chapter of greetings to specific people in the Roman church, Paul mentions “Junia” who he says [...]

7 Comments Posted in Paul, androcentrism, complementarianism, egalitarianism, feminism, gender, junia, junias, patriarchalism, romans, sexism, translation, women by Patrick George McCullough
23 May 07

"The accuser of our comrades"?

Don’t get me wrong, I like the NRSV for the most part, and I am a huge advocate for inclusive language. But the NRSV does get a little out of hand in their translation of ἀδελφῶν (adelphōn) from time to time. Take Revelation 12:10 for instance:
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming,“Now have [...]

3 Comments Posted in greek, translation by Patrick George McCullough
29 Jul 06

Revelation: Lost in Translation

In the first edition of his Greek version of the New Testament, Erasmus did not have a Greek Manuscript available for the last bit of Revelation. So he translated Revelation 22:16-21 from the Latin Vulgate into Greek. This obviously introduced errors. There is an interesting website called “Lost in Translation” which takes an English text, [...]

0 Comments Posted in language, translation by Patrick George McCullough