Changes

The '''Bible Retranslation Project''' recognizes that a modern language changes and devolves quickly.  There are several reasons for this, including attempts by non-believers to dilute and distort powerful religious concepts for political ends, the corrosive effect of cultural changes on language, and the impact of politics on the meaning of terminology.  Terms that were clear and meaningful to one generation are often unclear and less meaningful to the next.

The '''Bible Retranslation Project''' recognizes that a modern language changes and devolves quickly.  There are several reasons for this, including attempts by non-believers to dilute and distort powerful religious concepts for political ends, the corrosive effect of cultural changes on language, and the impact of politics on the meaning of terminology.  Terms that were clear and meaningful to one generation are often unclear and less meaningful to the next.

The rate of devolution of language may be increasing as communications increase.  If a word inevitably alters its meaning after an approximate number of uses, then the time period for the change in meaning will shorten due to improved technology, just as the length of a [[sound bite]] likewise shortens.  In the [[internet]] era, combating the effect of language degradation on the understanding of the [[Bible]] becomes more important.

The rate of [[devolution of language]] may be increasing as communications increase.  If a word inevitably alters its meaning after an approximate number of uses, then the time period for the change in meaning will shorten due to improved technology, just as the length of a [[sound bite]] likewise shortens.  In the [[internet]] era, combating the effect of language degradation on the understanding of the [[Bible]] becomes more important.

As a first step to the Bible Retranslation Project, it is useful to identify modern terms having changing, unclear or altered meaning, which appear in important passages in translations of the Bible into the corresponding modern language:

As a first step to the Bible Retranslation Project, it is useful to identify modern terms having changing, unclear or altered meaning, which appear in important passages in translations of the Bible into the corresponding modern language: