Yearbook on the Science of Bible Translation: 15th Bible Translation Forum 2019

This Yearbook represents a compilation of presentations given at the 15th Bible Translation Forum held at the Fjellhaug Internasjonale Høgskole in Oslo, Norway, from 15th-16th May 2019, followed by a common celebration of the National holiday on 17th May. The focus of this yearbook is on theological, linguistic and translational, as well as missiological, questions.

In the first part, on theological questions, we learn from Ass. Prof. Knut Kåre Kirkholm who writes about Who is raped? How Scandinavian Bibles translate and present stories about sexual abuse.

The second part is about linguistic and translational questions. Prof. Dr. Christian Gossweiler discusses Eine revidierte Bibelübersetzung für 250 Millionen Indonesier und Malaysier (A revised Bible translation for 250 Millions of Indonesians and Malaysians). Prof. Dr. Gerhard Tauberschmidt tells us about Frei übersetzte Septuaginta-Zitate im Neuen Testament (Freely translated ‘Septuagint quotations in the New Testament’). We are informed about The Translation of ε