Translation and Performance

PC-BOAT sessions at SBL 2024 in San Diego

In her 2023 SBL Presidential Address, Musa Dube called for a scholarly focus on the Global Translated Bible. Consistent with that call, the Performance Criticism of the Bible and Other Ancient Texts (PC-BOAT) has three sessions focused on Bible Translation and Performance and there is a Networking opportunity too! Read more below!

Translation Theory and Performance (S23-139)

Saturday 11/23/2024 9-11:30am
Room: 31A (Upper Level East) - Convention Center

James Maxey will help us to explore contemporary translation theories and performance criticism to facilitate synergy between these two approaches and to contribute to the advancement of both. Concrete examples in theory and practice of Bible translation will be discussed, which have an impact on Bible translation for various communities, academia, and church use. Gerald West will explore the relationship between translation and performance based on his research on community-based praxis. Two invited respondents will interact with these scholars. After a panel discussion, the whole audience will be invited to participate.

Clifford Barbarick, Abilene Christian University, Presiding

James Maxey, Seed Company
Global Bible Translation Studies (30 min)

Kelly Iverson, Baylor University, Respondent (10 min)

Gerald West, University of KwaZulu-Natal (by Zoom)
Translation and/as Performance: The Poetic Cadence of Resistance (30 min)

Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Tech, Respondent (10 min)