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Activities
Translating the Old Testament
First Century and Now
Our 2011 OPEN SYMPOSIUM was held on Saturday 22nd October 2011 at Kings Cross Baptist Church.
Audio recordings of the sessions are available here. Each session lasted one hour and the MP3s are approximately 27Mb to download.
To Translate or not To Translate: The Old Testament in Missionary Bible Translation Strategy
Eddie Arthur, (Wycliffe Bible Translators)
Howard Marshall (University of Aberdeen)
David Instone-Brewer (Tyndale House, Cambridge)
All
See below for conditions.
A prize of £500 is offered for the best essay on the subject:
‘No educated person believes in Adam and Eve nowadays’ Discuss.
Closing date 31 July 2012
Competition Conditions:
- Faith and Thought will own the copyright of the essay, though the author will normally be permitted to embody it in a later, more comprehensive work.
- It should not exceed 7,000 words, excluding documentation, typewritten, with double spacing and 2 cm margins.
- It should be submitted to the Honorary Secretary’s address, accompanied by a brief synopsis of 200 words setting out which parts are claimed to be original, along with a sealed envelope with a motto outside, and the author’s name and address inside.
- As an encouragement to young writers, candidates, where applicable, may add to their motto the words, ‘Under 25’ or state their date of birth: neither is published.
- Entries will be professionally refereed and if the referees consider the prize should be divided between two authors, the trustees’ decision will be final.
- If no submissions are deemed worthy, the right to withhold the prize and to publicise another competition thereafter will be exercised.
- The prize is normally announced at the subsequent AGM.
- Officers of the Victoria Institute may not participate.
- Submission of an entry will indicate candidates’ assent to all these conditions.
Honorary Secretary: Dr Alan Kerry 96 Hadleigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 2LZ
