Mobile Ed: BI182 God’s Word as Translation (2 hour course - audio)
Overview
In God’s Word as Translation, linguist and Bible translator Dr. Doug Trick discusses the process of translating Scripture. He examines some common assumptions regarding what makes a “good” Bible translation, and he addresses the notion of literalness, exploring whether the idea of a “literal” translation of any language is a valid concept. The course surveys the philosophy of language and then discusses the implications for Bible translation. Dr. Trick concludes the course by providing an overview of what God is doing through the body of Christ in bringing his word to all peoples around the world.
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Introduction
- Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Unit 1: Problems with Literalness
- Usual and Primary Meaning
- Semantic Shift and Underdeterminacy
- Cultural Ways of Thinking and Conduit Metaphor
Unit 2: Sources for the Notion of Literal Meaning
- Sources That Make Us Take Literalness for Granted: Part 1
- Sources That Make Us Take Literalness for Granted: Part 2
- Sources That Make Us Take Literalness for Granted: Part 3
- Sources That Make Us Take Literalness for Granted: Part 4
Unit 3: Better Ways to Understand the Nature of Meaning and Communication
- A Replacement to the Conduit Metaphor
- From Reality to Experience: A Multistage Model of Communication
- Application of the Multistage Model of Communication
Unit 4: Implications for Bible Translation Theory and Practice
- Criteria and Purposes
- Clarity, Accuracy, and Naturalness
- Transparency
Unit 5: What Is God Doing through the Body of Christ in Bringing His Word to All Peoples?
- Historical Overview and Current Snapshot
- Current Missiological Issues: Needs Assessment and Outsiders and Insiders
- Current Missiological Issues: Partnership and Accountability
Conclusion
- Conclusion to the Course: Three Ways to Respond
- Title: BI182 God’s Word as Translation (audio)
- Instructor: Doug Trick
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2018
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Audio
- Courses: 1
- Length: 2
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Doug Trick received his DMin in Bible translation from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and is Vice President of Academic Affairs and associate professor of linguistics at the Canada Institute of Linguistics at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. After completing his MA in linguistics at the University of Texas at Arlington, Dr. Trick and his wife Phyllis served in the Philippines for 25 years, primarily in the area of Scripture translation. Other projects he worked on there were Tagalog language and culture course development, sociolinguistic surveying, lexicography consultation, and teaching at Asia SIL. He continues to be involved in a language project in the Philippines.