Working for the Word - a Bible translation podcast
Andrew Case
It's been said that people don't want to know: 1) how sausages are made, 2) how bibles are translated. In this podcast we bravely talk about the latter, go deep into biblical studies, and seek to treasure and understand the Bible together. It's for people who want to get nerdy about Scripture and for those who want to understand how their translations came to be. Everything from history to Hebrew, we're on a quest to learn more and make beautiful translations of God's Word. We believe the Bible is a unified, God-breathed, God-centered, hope-giving book, sweeter than honey, pointing to Jesus.
Episodes
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Aug 8, 2020 • 18min
Considering Diligently Yahweh's Steadfast Love - Psalm 107 & Lamentations 3:32
In this episode we dive into Psalm 107 and talk about its connection to Lamentations 3:32, and how it helps translators understand better the range of meaning of hesed in Hebrew (steadfast love). I forgot to mention that Lamentations 3:32 also speaks of God's hesed in the plural, just like the end of Psalm 107. And Lamentations is like a longer vignette of Psalm 107 in the sense that Israel finds itself in the midst of horrific affliction because of their sin, and they are hoping that God, in His gracious hesed, will give them a great reversal, just as the pattern in Psalm 107 portrays.
The music in the middle of the episode comes from this full version of Psalm 107 that I put to music and recorded in my simple apartment in Yaounde, Cameroon, when I was just beginning my time as a foreign missionary Bible translator.
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Aug 1, 2020 • 25min
Gamers and Bible Translators Collide - The awesome potential of Assassin's Creed
How can video games help us understand and translate the Bible better? That's what we're going to talk about in this episode!
If you want to watch the discovery tour of Assassin's Creed: Origins, click here. For Odyssey, click here. Enjoy!
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Jul 26, 2020 • 35min
Let It Go part 4 - a way forward & plea to publishers
In this episode we conclude our discussion of the "all rights reserved" copyright mentality and talk about what the future might look like if we were to adopt the "free and open" paradigm for the sake of the global Church. Once again, I quote and paraphrase primarily from Letting Go by Tim Jore.
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Jul 18, 2020 • 35min
Let It Go part 3 - exponentiality & misunderstanding copyright
In this episode we continue our discussion of the "all rights reserved" copyright mentality and tackle the final hindrances/objections to embracing the open licensing of biblical content and resources. Once again, I quote and paraphrase primarily from Letting Go by Tim Jore.
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Jul 13, 2020 • 26min
Let It Go part 2 - monetization & incomplete missiology
In this episode we continue our discussion of the copyright mentality and tackle two more common hindrances/objections to embracing the open licensing of biblical content and resources. In this episode I quote and paraphrase primarily from Letting Go by Tim Jore.
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Jul 10, 2020 • 35min
Let It Go - Radical generosity in a copyright world
Hardly anyone is talking about this, so I was compelled to dedicate several episodes to the subject. The global Church needs biblical resources and the tools to do sustainable Bible translation, but our Western, paternalistic copyright laws are keeping many people in a state theological famine. In this episode we take the time to begin carefully thinking through the implications of open licenses to biblical content, as well as all the major objections to the creative commons paradigm. In this episode I quote and paraphrase primarily from Letting Go by Tim Jore.
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Jul 3, 2020 • 43min
An Interview with Julia Woods - Oral Bible translation & Siberian throat-singing
Julia Woods kindly joins us in this episode to talk about the exciting things going on in remote places you may never get to see. Even if for nothing else, listen to this episode to experience the samples of Siberian throat-singing!
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Jun 24, 2020 • 31min
The Calves of Our Lips? - The KJV, the LXX, and the murderous history of Bible translations
Get a free copy of my novel as an audio book here. In this episode we talk about a verse you may never have noticed in the KJV that seems to have translators scratching their heads. We also discuss some of the inflammatory history of the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation of the Old Testament.
Book quoted: The Murderous History of Bible Translations
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Jun 18, 2020 • 25min
An Interview with Brian Kelly - Don't throw the book at 70% of the world
In this episode we have the pleasure of meeting Brian Kelly, to have a conversation about oral Bible translation and how we can change our paradigm to reach oral communities. You can also watch a video presentation from Brian about oral translation strategies here.
Don't Throw the Book at Them by Harry Box
The Network of Biblical Storytellers
The International Orality Network
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Jun 13, 2020 • 27min
How Does a Translation Become Trusted and Trustworthy?
In today's episode we explore a paper by Tim Jore from unfoldingWord in which we are challenged to reevaluate the current status quo paradigm of translation consultants and the future of Bible translation.
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