Notes

Notes

Chapter 2: The Meaning and Task of Translation

1. Martin Luther, Luther’s Works (Philadelphia: Muhlenberg, 1960), 35:193.

2. See http://www.navpress.com/BibleProducts/HistoryAndFaqs/#05.

3. Robert Young, “Preface to the Revised Edition” (no page number; italics and capitals in original). This book has been published by a variety of publishers since the mid-1800s.

4. J. B. Phillips, Letters to Young Churches (New York: MacMillan, 1947), xii.

Chapter 3: Translating Words

1. For these and many other examples, see Richard Lederer, Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride through Our Language (New York: Pocket Books, 1989), 74 – 75.

2. Ibid., excerpts from chap. 1.

Chapter 4: Translating Figurative Language: Idioms, Metaphors, and Poetry

1. Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, 3rd ed. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003), 206 – 8.

Chapter 7: Gender and Translation

1. William Lane, Hebrews (Word Biblical Commentary; Waco, TX: Word, 1991), 1:47 – 48.

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