Translating the Bible in the Jungle with Ron Snell
Thursdays, 9:00 – 10:00 AM
The Oscar at Georgetown, Theater
In Person, On-Demand
It’s an ambitious goal, and it took my parents 25 years to translate the New Testament for the Matsigenkas. How were tribes contacted? How was it possible to learn their languages from scratch and design orthographies for them? How did they translate a completely foreign culture into Matsigenka culture? What did it mean to become a part of their “family.” What was the response? What are the hard questions?
Ron Snell was born and raised in the Amazon jungle where his parents translated the New Testament into the Matsigenka language. With degrees in anthropology and linguistics, he served with Wycliffe Bible Translators in various countries and capacities for 25 years.
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