Bernardo Hurault (15 August 1924 in
Paris – 14 December 2004 in
Concepción, Chile) was a French
Claretian
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priest and biblical scholar, and originator of the
Christian Community Bible
The Christian Community Bible is a translation of the Christian Bible in the English language originally produced in the Philippines.
It is part of a family of translations in multiple languages intended to be more accessible to ordinary readers, ...
translations.
Biography
Hurault was the priest and translator of the ''
La Biblia Latinoamericana'', a work published in 1970 and characterized by accessible language with pastoral notes intended to contextualize details and meanings of the texts of the Bible that have been lost over time. La Biblia Latinoamérica has sold over 36 million copies.
Later, in 1986 Hurault relocated to the Philippines and began to supervise translations into English
[p. 113. William Paul. 2003. ''English Language Bible Translators''. Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland and Co.] and the native languages of the Philippines. The version appeared in English, then in
Tagalog
Tagalog may refer to:
Language
* Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines
** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language
** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language
* Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...
,
Cebuano and
Ilongo. In 1990, he embarked on the project to publish a version in Chinese, first for those outside China, and then for the people of mainland China. His last years were spent in the Philippines, but he died at eighty years in the city of Concepcion (Chile), on December 14, 2004.
See also
References
2004 deaths
Claretians
Translators of the Bible into Spanish
Translators of the Bible into Filipino
1924 births
Translators of the Bible into English
20th-century translators
French expatriates in the Philippines
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