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- The process of name translation in the Bible is a journey that spans languages and cultures, reflecting the rich history of biblical texts and their transmission through time. One of the most notable examples is the name we know as Jesus. This name began its journey from the Aramaic ‘Yeshua,’ a common name during the time Jesus lived.
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Jan 6, 2019 · The Septuagint translation was created in Alexandria, Egypt, around 250-150 BC. Legend says seventy men from the twelve tribes of Israel came to Alexandria to translate the Bible (the name “Septuagint” means seventy). Their translation was known as the Septuagint or LXX.
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Jun 12, 2024 · Wycliffe’s Bible: The first complete translation of the entire Bible into English was by John Wycliffe and his followers in the late 1300s. It was based on the Vulgate (since the original Hebrew and Greek texts remained unavailable in the West).
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Oct 24, 2016 · Translating Biblical names is an art all by itself. Often Biblical names are like little poems tucked in the narrative, and contain meaning beyond their etymological origins. These origins often only point us in the right direction in our search for meaning, but the actual impact upon the observer (reader/ listener) should be sought in textual ...
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Some translations prefer names transliterated from the Hebrew, though the majority of Jewish translations use the Anglicized forms of biblical names. The first English Jewish translation of the Bible into English was by Isaac Leeser in the 19th century.
Jun 19, 2017 · P recisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New...
The earliest translation of the Hebrew Bible is the Old Greek (OG), the translation made in Alexandria, Egypt, for the use of the Greek-speaking Jewish community there. At first, just the Torah was translated, in the third century B.C.E.; the rest of the biblical books were translated later.
In the 2000+ years since Jesus was born, died, and came back to life, the Bible has become the most-translated book in history. The entire Bible has been translated into over 700 languages, and the New Testament into over 1,500 languages.
