Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging "Forgiveness" Texts in Bible Translation Performance
This article describes an ongoing effort within the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa to design a performative translation of biblical texts on forgiveness into Sesotho, one of the official languages of South Africa. The goal is to communicate effectively the concept of forgiveness to both confession...
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This article describes an ongoing effort within the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa to design a performative translation of biblical texts on forgiveness into Sesotho, one of the official languages of South Africa. The goal is to communicate effectively the concept of forgiveness to both confessional communities and those outside those communities. This translation will help the hearers to understand better the Old Testament concept of forgiveness and how that concept can promote social reconciliation within the polarised society of South Africa. The design of a performance translation of forgiveness texts and its implementation in society provides a model for similar translations into the other ten official languages of South Africa. The study is based on Biblical Performance Criticism.
https://doi.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2022/v35n2a12
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| spelling | doaj.art-53cbc00bda5a4c138f20cc3f5e030e592022-12-22T03:49:19ZafrOld Testament Society of South AfricaOld Testament Essays1010-99192312-36212022-12-01352Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging "Forgiveness" Texts in Bible Translation PerformanceT J Makutoane0University of Free State This article describes an ongoing effort within the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa to design a performative translation of biblical texts on forgiveness into Sesotho, one of the official languages of South Africa. The goal is to communicate effectively the concept of forgiveness to both confessional communities and those outside those communities. This translation will help the hearers to understand better the Old Testament concept of forgiveness and how that concept can promote social reconciliation within the polarised society of South Africa. The design of a performance translation of forgiveness texts and its implementation in society provides a model for similar translations into the other ten official languages of South Africa. The study is based on Biblical Performance Criticism. https://doi.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2022/v35n2a12 https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/569PerformanceForgiveness TextsForgivenessTranslationPolarised SocietyBiblical Hebrew |
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| title | Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging "Forgiveness" Texts in Bible Translation Performance |
| title_full | Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging "Forgiveness" Texts in Bible Translation Performance |
| title_fullStr | Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging "Forgiveness" Texts in Bible Translation Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging "Forgiveness" Texts in Bible Translation Performance |
| title_short | Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging "Forgiveness" Texts in Bible Translation Performance |
| title_sort | promoting social reconciliation in post apartheid south africa engaging forgiveness texts in bible translation performance |
| topic | Performance Forgiveness Texts Forgiveness Translation Polarised Society Biblical Hebrew |
| url | https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/569 |
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