As we continue to make our way through Roger Ferlo’s book, Opening the Bible, our third gathering took up the topics of two chapters: (Ch. 4) “Comparing Translations,” and (Ch. 5) “Interpreting the Explanatory Notes.” Again, perhaps a bit “technical” in its subject matter, but understanding the process of translation from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek to our native languages, with some of the complexity and the “loss of translation” involved in the process, will help the reader to appreciate the original text and be open-minded to a few different meanings of the original author’s “hearing” from their prayerful inspiration. Continue reading →