From the Editor

This is the second special issue of The Bible Translator to appear in 2016, both drawing attention to topics of particular significance for Bible translation around the world.

The April issue, 67(1), is a collection of papers to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the publication of Erasmus’s Novum Instrumentum in March 1516. We would like to thank Dr. Marijke H. de Lang, Reviews Editor for the journal, who first suggested the special issue, commissioned the papers, and then supervised the editing process through to publication.

This current issue, 67(2), focuses on the various canons of Scripture which are recognized and used by different Christian confessional communities. We thank Dr. Jean-Claude Loba Mkole, a Global Translation Advisor for the United Bible Societies, who coordinated the seminar at which the papers were presented and has guest-edited their publication.

This issue of The Bible Translator sees some changes in the composition of the Editorial Board.

We bid farewell to Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, who has been on the Editorial Board, first of Practical Papers and then of the combined journal, since 2002. We wish to thank Professor Johnson for his outstanding scholarly contribution to the integrity of the journal during this time and wish him well.

We welcome three new board members:

Dr. Ji-Youn Cho, Manager of the Translation Department at the Korean Bible Society, a New Testament specialist.

Professor Christiane Nord, a specialist in translation studies, currently Professor Extraordinary at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Dr. Brigitte Rabarijaona, Translation Consultant and Head of the Translation and Publishing Department at the Malagasy Bible Society, an Old Testament specialist.

The journal is already benefitting from the contributions of these new Editorial Board members and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial association.