[lojban] Re: Question re: Bible translation

[Brandon Wirick <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

What we need are a bunch of ancient language scholars who know Lojban,
or a bunch of Lojbanists to brush up on ancient Hebrew and/or Greek.
All this English in between is pretty lame.

mu'omi'e.uirik.

On 10/28/05, Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com> wrote:
> coi ro do
>  I gather that the ongoing Bible translation (a compelling project imho) is
> using the Douay-Rheims translation as its source <
> http://www.lojban.org/texts/translations/drbible/drbible.html#SEC_Top
> >. I'm going to assume that the issues regarding translating from Hebrew &
> Greek -> Latin -> English -> Lojban have already been discussed somewhere.
>
>  But from a cultural standpoint, I wonder whether using a Christian
> translation of Jewish texts (Old Testament) is a good idea. There has always
> been a tendency in some strains of Christianity to consider the Old
> Testament in light of the New Testament. Jews tend to be somewhere between
> bemused and offended by this tendency, since of course their scriptures are
> otherwise seen to stand on their own. And the Jews have their own
> translations < http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm > <
> http://www.chabad.org/library/archive/LibraryArchive.asp?AID=63255
> >.
>
>  I realize of course that a good deal of work has already been done on the
> translation & mean no slight, but I thought it was a point worth bringing
> up.
>
>  mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan
>


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