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Explore our Translating Truth Articles category and dive into the profound journey of translating the divine truth from ancient scriptures into modern languages. Understand the intricacies involved in conveying the truth of the Bible in its entirety.
What Is God’s personal name? Not surprisingly, the bulk of the 2 billion+ members of the churches of Christianity would likely find that question difficult to answer. And of those who can answer it, they have likely heard the common myth that has been passed down for centuries.
John Hus (1371-1415) was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Hus, Wycliffe, and Luther revived many of the teachings of the early Christians. It is true that they did not take it to the fullest extent because it was no easy task in those days to drive out the darkness that had existed for centuries.
Bible translation goes back to 280 to 150 B.C.E., when (seventy-two, according to tradition) translators gave us the Hebrew Old Testament books in Greek. From those days forward, translators have lived very dangerous lives, in trying to bring us the Word of God in the common languages of man.
