Graham Sydney Ogden is an Old Testament scholar who served as Translations Consultant with the United Bible Societies.''Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew''
/ref> Ogden contributed to the scholarly journals through his research and his writings began appearing in '' The Bible Translator'', '' Journal of Biblical Literature'', '' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament'', '' Vetus Testamentum'' and other journals.

United Bible Societies

Ogden joined the United Bible Societies in 1985 and oversaw the translations in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of his visits to India, Ogden used visit the

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, Bangalore liaising with

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and

Jonadob Nathaniel D. Jonadob Nathaniel is a New Testament Scholar and the current the Director, Translations at the Bible Society of India, Bangalore. Jonadob was Translations Advisor at the Bible Society of India and was involved in language translations and r ...

, the successive Translations incharges and oversee the translation/revision projects of the

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, Odiya, and

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. Ogden also used to visit the

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liaising with

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G. Babu Rao,H. S. Wilson (Edited), ''The Church on the Move, Essays in honour of Victor Premasagar'', Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.vi

/ref> the Coordinator of the Telugu language Old Testament Common Language Translation project of the

and a former study companion of

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at the

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. As Translation Consultant with the United Bible Societies, Ogden took up translation of the Bible into Troko,

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, Yami, Bunun, Paiwan,

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, and

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. Ogden is a graduate of both Japanese (Tokyo) and Mandarin (Taipei) Language Schools. During Ogden's stint with the United Bible Societies, he worked closely with

, his colleague and Translations Consultant.

Writings

Ogden has contributed to the study of the

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and acknowledges the influence of senior Old Testament Scholars,

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and Bernard Anderson.

Commentaries

* 1987, ''A Promise of Hope- a Call to Obedience: A Commentary on the Books of Joel and Malachi'',Graham S. Ogden, Richard Deutsch, ''A Promise of Hope- a Call to Obedience: A Commentary on the Books of Joel and Malachi'', William B. Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids/The Handsel Press Limited, Edinburgh, 1987.

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Books

*1975, ''The Tob-Spruch in Qoheleth : its function and significance as a criterion for isolating and identifying aspects of Qoheleth's thought'', * 1978, ''Moses and Cyrus'', * 1997, ''A Handbook on Ecclesiastes'', * 1998, ''A Handbook on Song of Songs'', * 2007, ''Qoheleth'', * 2011, ''Isaiah'',

Articles

* 1979, ''Qoheleth's Use of the 'Nothing is Better'-Form'', * 1982, ''Prophetic oracles against foreign nations and Psalms of communal lament: the relationship of Psalm 137 to Jeremiah 49:7-22 and Obadiah'', * 1983, ''Qoheleth XI 1-6'', * 1983, ''Joel 4 and Prophetic Responses to National Laments'', * 1984, ''The Mathematics of Wisdom: Qoheleth IV 1-12'', * 1984, ''Qoheleth XI 7-XIII 8: Qoheleth's Summons to Enjoyment and Reflection'', * 1986, ''The Interpretation of dor in Ecclesiastes'' 1:4'', * 1988, ''The Use of Figurative Language in Malachi 2:10-16'', * 1996, ''Jotham's Fable: its structure and function in Judges 9'', * 1997, ''The 'Better'-Probert (tob-Spruch), Rhetorical Criticism, and Qoheleth'', * 2003, ''Literary Allusions in Isaiah: Isaiah 44:28-45:13 Revisited'', * 2004, ''Temporal Idioms in Isaiah 16.14; 21.16; and 23.15'', * 2004, ''Rev. Euan McG. Fry'',Graham S. Ogden and

, ''Rev. Euan McG. Fry'', '' The Bible Translator'', Volume 55, Number 4, October 2004.

/ref> * 2004, ''The relationship between Isaiah 33.14b-16 and Psalm 15.1-5'', * 2005, ''Translator training in the UBS Asia-Pacific region'', * 2009, ''Note: An Exegetical Issue in Isaiah 16.14'', * 2010, ''Isaiah 24: A Case of Form over Content?'',Graham S. Ogden, ''Isaiah 24: A Case of Form over Content?'', '' The Bible Translator'', Volume 61, Number 1, January 2010.

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References

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