Dr. Samy Tioye

Global Translation Consultant

Qualifications

PhD Bible & Translation Studies
(Africa International University, Kenya)
MA Translation Studies
(Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology, Kenya)
MA Applied Linguistics
(Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
BA Linguistics
(Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Other Current Roles

Executive Board Member
Jerusalem Center for Bible Translation (JCBT)

Research Interests

Biblical Hebrew Discourse Ancient Israelite Culture and Geography Bible Rituals and Laws
Ancient Israelite Culture and Geography
Bible Rituals and Laws

Current Specialism

Biblical Rituals and Laws

Other Professional Experience

Professor – Biblical Hebrew
Professor – Biblical Hebrew Discourse
Professor — Historical Geography of the Lands of the Bible
Professor — Linguistics and Translation Studies
Pastor

Selected Publications

Blood prohibition in the Old Testament: Interpretation and Translation into Lobiri (Saarbrücken: Lambert, 2014).
Bible Translation and Ethnicity Claim: A case study of the Lobi People in Burkina Faso (SBL Annual Meeting, 2018).
The translation of rituals in the Bible: a cultural ecological perspective (SBL Annual Meeting, 2018).

Publications in UBS Journals

‘Robert Alter’s Translation of the Hebrew Bible: A Response to Lénart de Regt’, The Bible Translator, 73.2 (2022) 174-180.
‘Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss if We Only Read the Bible, D. Brent Sandy‘, The Bible Translator, 76.1 (2025) 148-152.