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    Oral Bible Translations

    Teaching literacy to a people group is indeed a monumental task: creating an alphabet, setting up a school, training teachers, etc. I'm currently...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 23, 2019 at 11:00 AM in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    You're welcome! Interesting thought. Hadn't occurred to me. The dread syndrome can happen to a lesser degree in non-English languages, as witness...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 23, 2019 at 8:10 AM in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    At times the stopgap method is all that is possible. I appreciate your kind words.
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 22, 2019 at 3:37 PM in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    Thanks for the link. Very interesting.
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 22, 2019 at 10:16 AM in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    Here are the negatives of the method: III. Significant Problems with the Oral Approach The oral approach depends on technology, which is ever...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 22, 2019 at 8:42 AM in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    Thank you everyone who has participated in this thread. I'll share with you some of the lecture notes I've been developing as we discussed the...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 22, 2019 at 8:40 AM in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    That would be quite similar, but the reason for doing so would be different, and the process different (translating as opposed to memorizing an...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 13, 2019 in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    Precisely. So in the long run, to me an oral translation would be a stopgap measure, not something permanent. After completing an oral version,...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 13, 2019 in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    Wait...they do that to peanut butter?? :eek: Yeah, I have mixed feelings about this subject, so I'm trying to talk it through here with my BB...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 13, 2019 in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    A. W. Pink

    Thank you for your kind words.
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Baptist History
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    Washing Our Windows

    I suggest that you need to learn English grammar better if you think you did not personally attack Van. Your attacks were vicious, uncalled for,...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Baptist Theology & Bible Study
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    A. W. Pink

    You know what? You don't know me in the slightest. All you can judge me by is what I've posted here on the BB. And you're doing a mighty poor job...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Baptist History
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    A. W. Pink

    Brief??? You call that being brief?? "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin" (Prov. 10:19). All of this is completely irrelevant. And...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Baptist History
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    Oral Bible Translations

    Here is a website touting an oral Bible translation in Africa: Oral Bible Translation Project Aims to Bring Deeper Resources to Oral Communities -...
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Bible Versions & Translations
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    Oral Bible Translations

    Here is an awesome little film of a tribe in Papua receiving their written New Testaments for the very first time: [MEDIA]
    Post by: John of Japan, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Bible Versions & Translations