Wycliffe - Muslim Idiom Translation (MIT) controversy

[ianb321red]

Greatly concerned to hear about this:

Wycliffe, SIL & Frontiers Controversy In the Media | Biblical Missiology

Fact Check: Biblical Missiology’s Response To Wycliffe’s Comments On “Lost In Translation” | Biblical Missiology

For all concerned, please sign petition here:

Education Petition: Lost In Translation: Keep "Father" & "Son" in the Bible | Change.org

 

[Nabobalis]

Huh? Why would people making bibles remove those terms for Muslims?

However:

Wycliffe Bible Translators denied allegations that it removed the terms "father" and "son" from Bible translations meant for Muslim countries and said any problematic texts are no longer being distributed.

Wycliffe denies it removed 'father', 'son' terms from translations

 

[Bish bash bosh]

Greatly concerned to hear about this:

Wycliffe, SIL & Frontiers Controversy In the Media | Biblical Missiology

Fact Check: Biblical Missiology’s Response To Wycliffe’s Comments On “Lost In Translation” | Biblical Missiology

For all concerned, please sign petition here:

Education Petition: Lost In Translation: Keep "Father" & "Son" in the Bible | Change.org

Ian can you please explain this for me?

From what I can gather this publishing company wish to issue bibles to Muslims without terminology which might be deemed offensive to them.

Would this be correct?

If this is true, I find this hard to understand. Why should a book specifically aimed at Christians be modified to suit another faith? Is this an attempt to proselytize Muslims who may be considering a change of faith? Does this happen frequently, Muslim converting to Christianity?

Totally confused.

Bish

 

[ebia]

Ian can you please explain this for me?

From what I can gather this publishing company wish to issue bibles to Muslims without terminology which might be deemed offensive to them.

Would this be correct?

If this is true, I find this hard to understand. Why should a book specifically aimed at Christians be modified to suit another faith? Is this an attempt to proselytize Muslims who may be considering a change of faith? Does this happen frequently, Muslim converting to Christianity?

Totally confused.

Bish

I think the point is that in Arabic-Islamic cultures there are hang-ups about father/son implying a procreative act with the mother.