What do we mean when we say something is “in the Bible”? A new database of more than 900 biblical translations presents a prism of cultures, languages, and meanings.

Brazil topped the world in Bible distribution in 2024, delivering 4.2 million printed copies and recording more than 16 ...

One of the newest major Bible translations on the market may be securing its place among the most popular. The Christian Standard Bible (CSB) was the second most-sold Bible translation for three ...

The Greek Room also aims to change the traditional model of Bible translation. Historically, translations were done by Western missionaries, who could work on only two languages at most in their ...

Most full translations of the Bible are done by teams of translators. Alter is the first person to complete a major English-language translation of the entire Hebrew Bible on his own.

Bible Translation is big business and if you stop to look at their tax forms, the results might surprise you. The business of selling Christianity ("winning hearts to God") in non-profit ...

Many modern translators tend to soften the strangeness of the Hebrew Bible, but Robert Alter embraces it. It’s the strangeness that gives the original much of its power.

Robert Alter, a leading secular scholar of Scripture, says the film was fun to watch, but "it's not exactly Exodus; it's panorama and pageantry, which is what film does." And, he adds, why not?