A History of Hebrew Part 1: The purpose of a translation

This is a segment of a much larger video production that I am working on and am looking for feedback (positive and negative) on the layout and content.

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Historically, the purpose of a translation was to bring the Bible to those who did not read the original language.

Over the centuries there has been a shift in purpose. In December of 2006 "The New Yorker" published article "The Good Book Business" which stated; "The familiar observation that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time obscures a more startling fact: the Bible is the best-selling book of the year, every year." "This is an intensely competitive business" "Every year, Nelson Bible executives analyze their product line for shortcomings, scrutinize the competition's offerings, and talk with consumers, retailers, and pastors about their needs."

In short, The translating and printing of Bibles is "Big Business." In the world of consumerism, it is the producers primary objective to offer a product that appeals to the consumer. For this reason a translation is required to conform to the buyers expectations. If a Bible is published that does not conform to the buyers expectations, even if it is more accurate, it will not sell.

For this reason, we must be willing to do our own investigations into the meaning and interpretation of the text.

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Credits

Narration: Jeff A. Benner

Graphics: Jeff A. Benner

Music: Callen Clark, Jason Emory

News Footoage: CNBC

Category:

Education

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• bibles
• bible
• translations
• big
• business
• publishing
• translating
• producers
• consumers
• william
• tyndale

[cranmer1959]

Why are the dates for William Tyndale so far off???

[ancienthebreworg]

@cranmer1959 Because I accidently added the dates of another individual.

[DrakeThe322]

two each it's own i wanted to know what the original hebrew text say's not all these water down versions are saying and i thank yahweh for leading me to this site all the other versions as the king james bible i find miss leading and taking away from the true text i wanted to know what the original text say and not some bible written by some 33rd mason for his own filthy gain on power. thank you @ancienthebreworg. keep up the good WORD of YAHWEH.

[ancienthebreworg]

@DrakeThe322 Thank you for your kind words, they are appreciated.

[NHBChristianTalk]

Hello ancienthebreworg, your channel has been a great resource for my ministry. Keep up the good work. God bless. Dr.G

[ancienthebreworg]

@NHBChristianTalk Thank you and glad you are finding them useful.

[ancienthebreworg]

@vachief And that is why your Biblical studies will never lead you to the truth.

[Salamwamat]

It’s very important to stick to the truth and support the Jews in the building of their Palestine. We all should discover the Islamic lies about creating their own new Palestinian Arab people in the land of Israel and halt them. Their mere intention is to conquer the world and inpose Islam over the whole civilization.

Allahu Akbar!

Ex- Deceived-Islamist

[cranmer1959]

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[bryonlape]

@ancienthebreworg No need to apologize. I'm just complaining about the mix.

[ancienthebreworg]

@bryonlape I am sorry, but these are draft versions of the final DVD version which will be available for purchase soon.

[bryonlape]

The music is annoying and the voice recording has an odd effect.