>David Kerr at Lingamish has an interesting article about the Bible in Portuguese.
It seems that the Bible Society of Brazil uses copyright restrictions to forbid individuals and institutions from making digital texts and audio files of Portuguese Bibles available freely online.
It is sad that Bible Societies are using their translations to make money rather than to make God’s Word available to people everywhere. When translating the Bible is turned into a profit-making business, we know that the church is in trouble.
As David wrote: “To paraphrase Emerson, make the Bible illegal and we all become criminals.” As a Brazilian, I am appalled that the Bible Society of Brazil does not allow the Portuguese version of the Bible to be posted online. I am going to work hard to change this shameful situation.
Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Tags: Portuguese Bible
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Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament 