RT Article
T1 Perspectives on Translating YHWH in Papua New Guinea
JF The Bible translator
VO 65
IS 2
SP 185
OP 204
A1 King, Phil
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1758061901
AB Translating the word YHWH, the name of God in the Hebrew Bible, is a complex matter involving theological, linguistic, and cultural issues. This article considers six possible broad translation options for this name, and summarises case studies of thirty-one Papua New Guinean Old Testament translation projects, exploring and classifying the choices they have made and the issues that guided those choices. It ends by offering some of the advantages and disadvantages of the different possible translation options, as an aid to other translators working on Old Testament translation.
K1 God
K1 Lord
K1 Old Testament
K1 Papua New Guinea
K1 Tetragrammaton
K1 Yahweh
K1 ’elohim
K1 names of God
DO 10.1177/2051677014529577