Naming the One True God: Evangelical Contextualization and the Faithful Translation of Divine Names
Deep Dive into Naming the One True God: Evangelical Contextualization and the Faithful Translation of Divine NamesThe translation of God's name across cultures is a profound theological and missiological task, balancing the need for cultural intelligibility with doctrinal fidelity. Translators must avoid syncretistic accommodation, which absorbs God into local religions, and foreignization, which isolates God as an imported, distant deity.Scripture establishes a clear precedent for adopting existing vernacular terms for the divine. For instance, Hebrew writers appropriated the Canaanite term…
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