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African translation of Biblical texts? -
29-01-08, 12:20 PM
There is the Ethiopian version, forget what its called (coptic?) but for the most part our churches seem to letting the side down when it comes to saving the youths/community from crime and violence on the streets let alone helping to safe guard against exploitation regarding the cause in general.
First it was the white blonde blue eyed jesus probably still a feature in many homes but the core issue has to be with the translation of the texts themselves, no avoiding the ''out of heathen africa'' story implied within I guess but as the English felt no way about translating the bible into something that suited them theres no reason why we on the continent and in the diaspora shouldn't have our own version, even the Americans have their own translation to suit their needs.
What would christians on board think or feel about an AFRICAN BIBLICAL TRANSLATION?
I wanted to know if the Dagara elders could tell the diffrence between fiction and reality. The elders did not understand what a starship is, they did not understand what the fussy uniforms had to do with anything but they recognized in Spock a Kontomble of the seventh planet... they had never seen a Kontomble that big.
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