<strong>Trinitarian</strong> <strong>Bible</strong> <strong>Society</strong> – Quarterly Recordwell received by Arabic speakers round theworld.We would covet your prayers that theseScriptures would prove <strong>to</strong> be a blessingand a means of salvation <strong>to</strong> manyparticularly throughout the Muslim world.Endnotes:1. Recent figures in National GeographicMagazine (vol. 222, no. 1, July 2012, p. 60), showit fourth in a listing of ‘first language speakers’ at221 million.2. The region covered by the ministry of MERF(Middle East Reformed Fellowship) <strong>to</strong>day.3. A term coined in the 1990s referring <strong>to</strong>regions between 10 and 40 degrees north ofthe Equa<strong>to</strong>r, having high levels of social andeconomic challenge, and yet the least access<strong>to</strong> the Gospel, the <strong>Bible</strong>, or Christian ministry.Roughly two-thirds of the world population livesin the 10/40 Window, people predominantlyMuslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Animist, Jewishor Atheist, having governments formally orinformally, passively or aggressively, opposed <strong>to</strong>Christian work.4. Nahla Haidar, ‘Arab Identity Questioned’,Beirut Institute (beirutinstitute.net/forum/getattachment.ashx?fileid=43, accessed21 August 2012).5. The Bedouin way of life depended on camelsand horses. The famous ‘Arabian’ horses werebred for war, with speed, endurance, soundness,intelligence and a good disposition. Prized warmares would be kept inside the family tent forprotection from weather, theft and preda<strong>to</strong>rs.6. The earliest surviving texts in any form ofArabic are the inscriptions of eastern SaudiArabia, from the 8th century BC.7. To be ‘hands on’ with written Arabic try TheArabic Alphabet, How <strong>to</strong> Read and Write it byNicholas Awde and Putros Samano (London,England: Saqui Books, 1986).8. Other than the Roman-written Maltese (anArabic/Italian conflation), and the West Africanlanguages with the Ge’ez script.9. Roman province of Petraea, now Saudi Arabia,home <strong>to</strong> Mecca and Medina, still known asHijaz—The Barrier.10. Monophysites were a Christian sect from451, who held that Christ’s natures were sounited that, although the ‘one Christ’ was partlyhuman and partly divine, His two naturesbecame by their union only one nature, thus‘mono-physis’.11. This was of uncertain quality over thecenturies; however, no one who ever met thelate Fouzi Ayoub (a long-standing missionarysupporter of the <strong>Society</strong>) could be uncertain ofhis blistering commitment <strong>to</strong> Christ, the Word,and his determination <strong>to</strong> use his privilege asan Arab from the region <strong>to</strong> preach Christ <strong>to</strong> theArab people. The <strong>Society</strong>’s project <strong>to</strong> provide anArabic <strong>Bible</strong> with fuller vowelling would havethrilled him.12. I have heard it said that after Constantine’simperial Christianity, there were no truly new‘Christian’ heresies. Muhammad was exposed <strong>to</strong>all that there were!13. A Greek harmony of the Gospels by a Syrian(Assyrian?) Christian of very shaky doctrinalunderstanding.14. Roman Catholic minority group in Syria.15. This may seem an absurd judgment, and yeta plague of translation work is the inclinationof workers <strong>to</strong> follow AV English rather thanAV principles. A version of the <strong>Bible</strong> which is atranslation of a translation cannot be completelytrue <strong>to</strong> the Biblical languages. It becomes<strong>to</strong>o often clumsy in syntax and sentenceconstruction, uncouth <strong>to</strong> native readers as wellas unfaithful.16. This is the full version and, I think, the correctspelling of the name: usually just Van Dyck orCornelius van Dyck in the literature.17. He also produced an Arabic Psalter-hymnal,and an Arabic edition of the WestminsterConfession Standards.18. I have had the great pleasure (thank you,TBS) of researching and writing these articlesfor over fifteen years, and the accomplishedworkload of these men humbles me utterly, asdoes the price paid by so many wives. Brethren,pray for the missionaries and families of our day.30
Issue Number: 601 – Oc<strong>to</strong>ber <strong>to</strong> December 2012The Word of GodAmong All NationsAlthough certain phrases and expressions used in these letters may not be doctrinallyaccurate or in correct English, we reproduce the letters essentially as received, knowingthat the Lord is using His Word <strong>to</strong> the glory of His Name and the furtherance of HisKingdom as the Scriptures are distributed among the nations of the world.EuropeFrom Encausse, FranceI want <strong>to</strong> thank you for thecalendars. They are one great opportunityfor me <strong>to</strong> reach out <strong>to</strong> the ChristianGypsies, most who are Spanish speaking.To reach out <strong>to</strong> that community whichis throughout France, that is the reasonfor asking for more Spanish calendars.We had in Toulouse a great shaking inthe Jewish community because of thekilling in the Jewish school there. God isopening many doors there so let’s workwhile it is daylight.From Lydbury North,ShropshireThank you for the <strong>Bible</strong>s for ourchildren. Although they are homeschooled,it is good <strong>to</strong> know that they can participatein your Sabbath School Learning PrizeFund.From EnglandA colleague has suggested I contact youas it is possible you might provide somecopies of the Authorised Version of the<strong>Bible</strong> for the use of our service userswho are in-patients in our several NHShospitals. The Gideons Association havegenerously supplied us with copies ofSabbath School Learning Prize Fund children withtheir <strong>Bible</strong>sthe NIV but several traditionswithin Christianity only accept the AVas the Lord’s Word. It is our experiencethat the Scriptures provide a real lifelineon the road <strong>to</strong> recovery for many withmental illness, and it is our privilege <strong>to</strong> bealongside them as they do—hence my31