SIL International Publications

Those Jews…again...and again

Series: 
Journal of Translation
Volume Issue: 
1(1)
Author(s):
Newman, Barclay M
Abstract: 

Two of the most misunderstood words in the New Testament are “the Jews”! Unfortunately, this misperception of historical reality has resulted in merciless persecution and ethnic cleansing of millions of innocent people. Judaism—both during and after the lifetime of Jesus—was a diverse movement, represented in part by those various and varied groups of Jews who were the earliest followers of a Jew named Jesus. Careful attention to both the historical and contextual setting of each occurrence of this phrase in the New Testament will enable the translator to generate both a more accurate and a more sensitive text than the fallacious—and often fatal—perpetuation of a “literal” rendering.

Issue Date: 
2005
Field: 
Content Language: 
Subject: 
Translation
Translating "the Jews" In the New Testament
Exegesis
Nature of Work: 
Extent: 
pages 1-6
Entry Number: 
40260