Talky Bnonnsense #16: Re-whimsifying the Bible (part 1)

About this episode

The episode explores how Bible translations often alter the original words of scripture and begins a series on the implications of these changes.

God’s words should transform us; we should not transform God’s words. But Bible translators disagree. In this episode, we begin a new series investigating the vast swath of concrete and symbolic words that God actually used in scripture, which get translated away in English Bibles. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truemagic.nz/subscribe

People in this episode

Hosts: Bnonn, Smokey Tennant

Topics covered

• Bible translation
• scripture
• language
• Christianity
• spiritual transformation

Keywords

• Bible
• translation
• God's words
• scripture
• spirituality
• Christianity
• language

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