Phillip Downer provides an enlightening radio discussion regarding the great work of the American Bible Society. ABS is one of 146 members of the United Bible Societies of the world, probably the largest, in getting the word of God translated and distributed into the languages, eventually, of all peoples of the world. ABS also partners with other groups with similar objectives, such as Wycliffe Translators.
St. Louis, MO attorney Dan Leeman is also part of this. His role with the American Bible Society is to serve in development and fundraising to advance ABS’s national and worldwide spread of the Bible, the word of God.
From the www.nidainstitute.org:
“Phil Towner, PhD, is Dean of the Nida Institute. He is both a biblical and translation scholar with extensive translation experience as a translation consultant in SE Asia and the Americas. He holds several visiting lecture positions in Europe, including the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Prior to assuming the leadership of Nida Institute, he was the Director of Translation Services for United Bible Societies, managing a team of professionals with oversight of hundreds of translation projects worldwide. Dr. Towner has authored and edited numerous scholarly articles and is the author of the NICNT commentary The Letters to Timothy and Titus (2006)…
“…The Nida Institute carries out its work domestically and internationally. Domestically, the Institute is known as the research, scholarship and service arm of American Bible Society, which has been located in New York City since 1816.”
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