The Bible Translation:The term “translate” means to change something from one language to another without changing the original meaning. The Old Testament section of the Bible originally was written in Hebrew, which was the language of the Israelites in Palestine(Jews). And the New Testament was written Greek. However before long the Old Testament also had to be translated in Greek. This was because: 1.Greek was the most commonly used language outside Palestine. 2.There were also Jews who were living outside Palestine and they knew Greek language better than Hebrew. 3.The number of people who wanted to read the scriptures was also growing. The Greek translation of the Old Testament was called the Septuagint. The Jews who were living outside Palestine were called the Jews in the Diaspora or in dispersions. During the 4th C A.D, a Christian called Jerome translated the Bible into Latin. This Bible translated into Latin was called the Vulgate. .....
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