
Dr. Samy Tioye
Global Translation Consultant

Qualifications
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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)
Current Roles
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Global Translation Consultant
United Bible Societies -
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
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‘Robert Alter’s Translation of the Hebrew Bible: A Response to Lénart de Regt’, The Bible Translator, 73.2 (2022) 174-180.
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Bible Translation and Ethnicity Claim: A case study of the Lobi People in Burkina Faso (SBL Annual Meeting, 2018).
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The translation of rituals in the Bible: a cultural ecological perspective (SBL Annual Meeting, 2018).
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Blood prohibition in the Old Testament: Interpretation and Translation into Lobiri (Saarbrücken: Lambert, 2014).