Bible For The Deaf: Implication For Sign Language Bible Translation

The Deaf community in Nigeria is confronted with the challenge of non-translation of the Bible into Sign Language, leading to a greater percentage being biblically illiterate. Some churches use interpreters who are not knowledgeable in Nigerian Sign Language, and as a result, many deaf people do not...

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Autor principal:	Ruth Oyeniyi
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Publicado:	Noyam Publishers 2020
Materias:	the deaf sign language bible translation nigerian sign language hermeneutics Religion (General) BL1-50
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.32051/MOTBIT.2020.045 https://doaj.org/article/b8d8a4b2b5b14555bbfa9325bd5885ff
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b8d8a4b2b5b14555bbfa9325bd5885ff2021-12-01T21:21:18ZBible For The Deaf: Implication For Sign Language Bible Translationhttps://doi.org/10.32051/MOTBIT.2020.0452676-2838https://doaj.org/article/b8d8a4b2b5b14555bbfa9325bd5885ff2020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MOTBIT204205.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2676-2838The Deaf community in Nigeria is confronted with the challenge of non-translation of the Bible into Sign Language, leading to a greater percentage being biblically illiterate. Some churches use interpreters who are not knowledgeable in Nigerian Sign Language, and as a result, many deaf people do not benefit from the interpretation of sermons. This article assessing data through bibliographic approach discovered that Sign Language is not a universal language due to its uniqueness as the Deaf communities in different countries develop their bespoke Sign Language which makes translating one Bible to serve the deaf globally an unrealistic venture. The Nigerian Deaf Community is estimated to be 1.9 million with a very low percentage that has come to know Jesus personally. The greater percentage cannot read printed Bible due to illiteracy and lack of understanding of abstract concepts and its grammatical structure. The Deaf will understand the Bible better when it is “read” (watched) in their language. This paper recommends the translation of the Bible into Nigerian Sign Language by trained Deaf Bible translators who have sufficient hermeneutical skills that will help them in the translation of the Bible into Sign Language.Ruth OyeniyiNoyam Publishersarticlethe deafsign languagebible translationnigerian sign languagehermeneuticsReligion (General)BL1-50ENJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 35-41 (2020)
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description	The Deaf community in Nigeria is confronted with the challenge of non-translation of the Bible into Sign Language, leading to a greater percentage being biblically illiterate. Some churches use interpreters who are not knowledgeable in Nigerian Sign Language, and as a result, many deaf people do not benefit from the interpretation of sermons. This article assessing data through bibliographic approach discovered that Sign Language is not a universal language due to its uniqueness as the Deaf communities in different countries develop their bespoke Sign Language which makes translating one Bible to serve the deaf globally an unrealistic venture. The Nigerian Deaf Community is estimated to be 1.9 million with a very low percentage that has come to know Jesus personally. The greater percentage cannot read printed Bible due to illiteracy and lack of understanding of abstract concepts and its grammatical structure. The Deaf will understand the Bible better when it is “read” (watched) in their language. This paper recommends the translation of the Bible into Nigerian Sign Language by trained Deaf Bible translators who have sufficient hermeneutical skills that will help them in the translation of the Bible into Sign Language.
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