{"id":4128,"date":"2015-10-20T05:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T09:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/13\/professor-bibb-looks-at-modern-english-translations-of-the-bible\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:44:42","slug":"professor-bibb-looks-at-modern-english-translations-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/professor-bibb-looks-at-modern-english-translations-of-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"High Noon: Professor Bibb looks at modern English translations of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/academics\/Documents\/highnoonfall2015.pdf\">Fall 2015 High Noon Schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bible is the most translated book in the world, and that includes dozens of English translations over the centuries.\u00a0 So what does it mean when so many versions of the Bible are marketed as \u201cfaithful to the original\u201d or \u201cword for word\u201d or \u201cunbiased?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furman University religion professor Bryan Bibb will discuss the modern controversies related to English translations of the Bible when he speaks at the university\u2019s High Noon fall lecture series Wednesday, Oct. 28 at noon at the Upcountry History Museum-Furman.<\/p>\n<p>His lecture, \u201cTranslating Controversy: Theology and Politics of the Bible in English,\u201d is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bibb says that scholars in the humanities agree that \u201call translation is interpretation,\u201d and that is certainly true for modern English translations of the Bible.\u00a0 In fact, all translations reflect the ideological perspectives of their translators, and serve the theological, social and political expectations of their intended readers. His presentation will look at the issues behind these modern translation controversies, and he will attempt to answer that common question: \u201cWhat is the best Bible?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bibb\u2019s talk is the fifth of seven consecutive Wednesday lectures presented by Furman professors during the fall. All are free and begin at noon on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p>The Upcountry History Museum\/Furman is located at 540 Buncombe Street in downtown Greenville\u2019s Heritage Green area.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Furman\u2019s Marketing and Public Relations office at 864-294-3107 or <a href=\"mailto:vince.moore@furman.edu\">vince.moore@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible is the most translated book in the world, and that includes dozens of English translations over the centuries. So what does it mean when so many versions of the Bible are marketed as \u201cfaithful to the original\u201d or \u201cword for word\u201d or \u201cunbiased?\u201d\u00a0Furman religion professor Bryan Bibb will discuss the modern controversies related to English translations of the Bible when he speaks at the university\u2019s High Noon fall lecture series Wednesday, Oct. 28 at noon at the Upcountry History Museum-Furman.\u00a0His lecture, \u201cTranslating Controversy: Theology and Politics of the Bible in English,\u201d is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":4129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-religion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}