Short (5-20 mins)
New Testament
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NT Pod 107: Why do we translate New Testament names the way we do?
Theologian
Mark Goodacre
Duration
9.23
Uploaded to YouTube
30 January 2025
Added to Database
30 October 2025
YouTube description
NT Pod 107 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem and NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?), focusing on the phenomenon of translating exactly the same name one way if it is an Old Testament character and another way if it is a New Testament character. The examples discussed are Jacob and James, and Judas and Jude.
Key texts (in order of mention in the episode):
1 Cor. 1.12, 3.22, 9.5, 15.5
Gal. 1.18, 2.7, 2.9, 11, 14
John 1.41-2
Luke 6.16
Acts 1.13
Jude 1
Mark 6.3 // Matt. 13.55
Matt. 1.2-17
Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.