"Mammoth task": Pastor publishes Bible in Franconian - and already has further plans
Created: 2022-12-20 09:51
By: Katarina Amtmann
Pastor Claus Ebeling holds in his hands a printed draft for the cover of a dialect Bible in Franconian next to a conventional Bible.
He is currently working on the Bible in Franconian with language-loving Franconians.
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The project by Pastor Claus Ebeling from Lichtenau poses a number of challenges.
Nevertheless, the Franconian has already made the next plans.
Lichtenau - There is already a hymn book in Franconian, and the Bible will follow soon.
But there is still a lot to translate.
"Mammoth task": Franconian Bible is still a lot of work
Around 1200 pages and many complex texts - translating the Bible is a mammoth task.
That's why Pastor Claus Ebeling from Lichtenau (Ansbach district) looked for many volunteers for his project.
Together they want to publish a Bible in Franconian.
According to Ebeling, this could appear from the end of next year.
Around 480 sections of text have to be translated into dialect by then.
For years, Ebeling has been involved in the dialect working group of the Evangelical Church in Bavaria, which advocates church services and biblical texts in dialect.
In the meantime it has organized itself as an association.
Ebeling has already published the Franconian Psalder, a hymn book.
However, the Bible is much larger.
Ebeling therefore made a selection for the Old Testament and limited himself to the major narratives and sections intended as sermon texts.
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"There are already plenty of finished sections of text, but not a whole chapter yet," says Ebeling.
Each translated section is then corrected.
During the work, however, it was noticed that there are not proofreaders for every dialect area.
The volunteers come from all Franconian regions and all speak a different Franconian language.
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For this reason, regional groups have now been organized in which the authors can meet regularly and correct each other, explains Ebeling.
"It's been a great process.
Everyone can take as much time as they need.” At the end, the Bible is to be illustrated with biblical motifs, taken in churches in Franconia.
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Franconian Bible: Pastor already has further plans
Ebeling already has further plans.
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Ebeling would also like to set up an online database where anyone interested can access texts for church services in Franconian.
He himself has a large collection.
So far, however, he has sent all the texts by e-mail.
(came/dpa)
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