Featured Books on Translation

Well, now, that's interesting.

 

Just Googled it, and the Washington Bible Museum has the replica of the Gutenberg press, so apparently the Branson museum I went to was the forerunner of the one in Washington. Cool!

 

I'd love to go; have heard much good about it.

 

You could say that, but the NEB came before the NIV.

 

Almost done with my list.

I have The Translator to the Reader (Strathpine North, Australia: Covenanter Press, 1984) from the original KJV in a pamphlet form, which I like. That gives me an actual book to cite rather than some Internet site. It has a few pictures of translators with information about them, and concludes with an Appendix listing and giving information about the various people and things mentioned--useful!

John R. Kohlenberger III, All About Bibles. New York Oxford University Press, 1985.
This is a short (66 pages) book for beginners. Oxford U. Press always does a nice job, and this is no exception. It tells basic facts about the Bible, its translations, how to choose a Bible, Bible manufacturing, etc., ending with a useful glossary.

I have one more item that is, strictly speaking, not a book. I think you'll enjoy seeing it. Stay tuned.

 

And now for my last item. In 1989 we lived and ministered in Yokohama, Japan. Hearing of an exhibition of a genuine Gutenberg Bible in Tokyo, I went into the big city to see it. It was being shown at the huge Maruzen Department Store on the 120th anniversary of their founding. As I recall, admission was free, but I may have paid something. At any rate, I was given a beautiful folder, with three A4 size pages of awesome color photos, and four pages of explanation in Japanese. I am uploading the three pages of photographs for your enjoyment.

 

Great post! Thank you.