Articles

Stories have an important place in every society. They express a community’s deepest views about life and how it should be lived. This article encourages us to...

Substantially based on the earlier translations by William Tyndale, the Geneva Bible was the most successful, influential and widely read English translation of the sixteenth and seventeenth...

A concordance is a key aid when studying the Bible. After a brief overview of the history of concordances, Neil Rees explains how computer technology has aided...

Transmission is provided free by Bible Society as part of our mission to equip the church to live out the Bible’s message. We also work creatively and...

Biblical scholar Paula Gooder reflects on why she often produces her own translation of Scripture. Translating a passage afresh allows the different levels of potential meaning to...

This edition of the Bible in Transmission is dedicated to translation, which may feel, for many of us, like a subject ‘over there’, concerning someone else, and...

A consideration of Bible availability around the world. Examples from four continents illustrate the impact the translated Word can have on individuals and whole communities.

At the Hampton Court Conference in 1604 a new English version of the Bible ‘to be read in churches’ was conceived in response to the perceived problems...

After a brief survey of the history of translation, Jon Riding considers three key developments in recent decades that have radically transformed the task of translating the...

A Bourne-meets-Matrix thriller with echoes of Hitchcock, which focuses on the big questions of destiny and the divine.