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Monday, 1 June 2009

Book on Writing Jamaican to be Launched

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Me laughing with a continential friend, Serigy...

JAMAICAN/PATOIS eRESOURCES/LINKS

Notes on the Left Periphery in Jamaican Creole
The Prosodic Morphology of Jamaican Creole Iteratives
The Architecture of the Clause In Jamaican Creole
The Language of Competence Survey of Jamaica
Languages of Jamaica
Some Jamaican Creole Texts
Language Attitude Survey of Jamaica - Data Analysis
Jamaican Creole Morphology & Syntax
Language Attitude Survery - Summary of Results
The Architecture of the Clause in Jamaican Creole
Social Status & Mobility in Urban Jamaican Patwa
Creoles at the Intersection of Variable Processes: (TD) - Deletion & Past-Marking in Jamaican Mesolect
Language, Faith & Healing in Jamaian Folk Culture
Some Recent Jamaican Creole Words
Language as a Vehicle for National Themes
Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Language Education Policy - Government of Jamaica
The Politics of Creole Language Education in Jamaica: 1891-1921 & the 1990s
Bilingual Education Project in Jamaican Creole
Jamaican Proverbs
Mis Luu Seh
Speak Jamaican!
Meet A Jamaican Linguist
Jamaica's First Bilingual Website!
Summer Institute of Linguistics (Language updates, softwares, etc)

Black Slaves...Keeping in touch with ma roots...Yea, a Reformed Black all the way...

GREAT ARTICLES

The Canon of Scripture
The Perspecuity of Scripture
The Greek Text of the New Testament
The Hebrew Text of the Old Testament
Inspiration & Bible Translation
Biblical Theology
Realistic or Historical Narrative? The Question of Historicity in the Context of Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation
The Problem of Evil
Towards A Christian Understanding of the Sabbath
Is Culture A Reflection of the Imago Dei?

Things are not always black & white...

MY WOULD-LIKE-TO-HAVE LIST!!!

Figures of Speech Used in the Bible by E. W. Bullinger
New Testament Exegesis, Revised Edition, A Handbook for Students and Pastors by Gordon D. Fee,
Using New Testament Greek in Ministry, A Practical Guide For Students and Pastors by David Alan Black
Discourse Considerations in Translating the Word of God by Callow, Callow.
Bible Translations for Popular Use by Wonderly, William L.
Toward A Science of Translating: With Special Reference To Principles and Procedures Involved in Bible Translating by Nida, Eugena A.
Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence by Larson, Mildred L.
Translation Problems From A to Z by Blight, Richard
Teacher's Manual To Accompany Bible Translation: An Introduction Course in Translation Principles by Barnwell, Katharine
Bible Translation: An Introductory Course in Translation Principles, Barnwell, Katharine
Discourse Considerations in Translating the Word of God, Callow, Callow
A Manual For Problem Solving In Bible Translation, Larson, Mildred
Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek,: A Survey of Basic Concepts and Applications
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament & other Early Christian Literature (3rd Edition), by Walter Bauer
Translating the Word of God, by John Beekman & John Callow
The United Bible Societies' New Testament Handbook Series on CD ROM
Translating the Truth: The Case for Essentially Literal Bible Translation, by W. Grudem, L.Ryken, et al
Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew, by Gary A. Long
Apologetics to the Glory of God, by John Frame
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Lesslie Newbigin
Leviticus, Word Biblical Commentary, by John Hartley
Leviticus, New International Commentary on the Old Testament, by Gordon J. Wenham
Exegetical Fallacies (2nd Edition), by D.A. Carson

Me & 2 college mates - Li Li (from China) & Shreiki (from Burma).

I'm watching you!!!

Me, Stefanoe (from Italy), and his wife Jennifer (from England).

College Mates Supporting Nick at His Induction Service

This old dear is not buying the Bible recently translated in her native language. Reason? Her language isn't posh enough!

Window on Wycliffe, Feb 2006

Trying to sell a Muslim a Bible... hard work!

eating with our hands - pu dong di faak, ah nyam wid u han!

On our way to Church

Trying to do some work...

Having lunch after church...tastes better than it looks!

move

@ Stef & Jen's engagement party!

FAMILY PICS

1 of my aunts and her 3 boys

Bright boy...well, everyone related to the Gayles are! ha ha!!!

Learn how to read and write Jamaican Creole here...

Other Links

Hebrew Language Links
Society for Biblical Literature
Theologia

BIBLE/TRANSLATION eRESOURSES

UBS' "The Bible Translator" Journal Vols 1-51!
Learn NT Greek - Animated Lessons!
NET Bible (A New translation with extensive textual notes)
Greek New Testament Text (Wescott/Hort/Robinso)n
Glossary of Linguistic Terms
Read New Testament Greek (Notes for those who wish to read through the GNT)
Open Text (Annotated Greek Texts)
The Resurgence Greek Project (View parallel Greek & English translations, parsing helps, & more)
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament (Robertson wrote his work for Sunday School teachers!!!)
Exegetical Fallacies (Common Mistakes to Avoid)
Biblical Exegesis
A Grammar of the GNT for Beginners
Funk's Greek Grammar
The Institute of Biblical Greek
Greek Grammar by Herbert Weir Smyth
Textkit (Free Greek eBooks)
Academic Papers on a Range of Greek Syntax
Journal of Translation (SIL)
TIC Talk & The Bible Translator (UBS Journals)
Analysing Discourse: A Manual of Basic Concepts
B - Greek (Helpful Greek Digest)
The Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism
Dr. J. W. Roberts Memoral Web Page (Helpful Resource for NT Greek)
Guide to New Testament Textual Variants
Online Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels
New Teatament Resources (NT Gateway)
Greek & Hebrew Audio
More New Testament Resources
The Apostolic Fathers (Greek)
Hebrew English Lexicon
Animated Hebrew - Learn Biblical Hebrew
Tenach on Demand
The Basics of Biblical Hebrew
B - Hebrew (Helpful Hebrew Digest)
Introduction to Old Testament Textual Criticism
Old Testament Resources (OT Gateway)
Old & New Testament eResourses #1 (Gordon College)
Old & New Testament Resources #2 (London School of Theology)
Old & New Testament Resources # 3
Hebrew Alphabet & Transliteration (Helpful for interacting with the NET Bible's textual notes)
Bible Translation. How?
Bible Maps
Biblical Studies on the Web
Biblica (Partial Edition)

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