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Artificial Intelligence for Bible Translation and Interpretation
Artificial Intelligence for Bible Translation and Interpretation
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Description
This book examines key features of the current relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Bible translation and interpretation.
The volume contains three sections, broadening outward. First, the contributors explore AI in Bible translation using four case studies on the current use of AI and its promises and perils. Second, the book touches on AI and Bible translation using five perspectives on the meaning of AI for Bible translation. Finally, the book explores AI and Bible interpretation with four examples showing the tensions between AI and human interpretations of the Bible.
Table of Contents
Part One: AI and the Bible
1: Unexpected Trajectories: Historical Interactions between Technology and the Bible - Wesley Viner (PhD cand., Princeton University)
2 : AI in the Bible? A Way Forward - Douglas Estes (New College of Florida)
3: The Bible as a Dataset for the Christian Mind - R. Daren Erisman (Minot State University)
Part Two: AI and Bible Translation
4: A Technical Overview of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Bible Translation - Marcus Schwarting (University of Chicago)
5: Navigating AI in Bible Translation: Augmentative AI for Minority Languages - Cassie Weishaupt (BA&Sc, McGill University)
6: AI Copilot and Bible Translation: Asking the Right Questions - Randall K. J. Tan (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
7: AI and Bible Translation: The Function of Artificial Intelligence in the Social Construction of Biblical Meaning - Ryder A. Wishart (Regent University in Virginia)
8: Render to AI What Is AI's - Elizabeth Robar (PhD, University of Cambridge)
Part Three: AI and Bible Interpretation
9: Evaluating AI for the Digital Scholarly Edition: Tools for Translation and Interpretive Commentary - Ken M. Penner (St. Francis Xavier University)
10: Open to Interpretation: The Jewish Canon and the Power of AI - Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld (PhD cand., Gratz College)
11: Statistical Interpretation of Religious Text Using Topic Modeling - Mark Graves (Fuller Theological Seminary)
12: A Rudder in the Information Crisis: AI, the Tongue, and Divine Communication - Melanie Dzugan (PhD cand., Fuller Theological Seminary)
13: Generating Apocalypse: Artificial Intelligence and Apocalyptic Literature - Douglas Estes (New College of Florida)
Product details
| Published | 30 Apr 2026 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9798765163412 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Illustrations | 11 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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Few developments are shaping modern life as rapidly as artificial intelligence, now making its mark across all fields-including biblical studies. This timely collection demonstrates the enormous and mostly positive impact of AI for biblical studies, particularly in areas of textual criticism, translation, and interpretation, while also examining important limitations and potential pitfalls. An impressive roster of contributors, including several with deep expertise in both religion and AI, provide historical context and insightful direction through the most promising and intriguing possibilities on the horizon
Calvin Mercer, East Carolina University, Coauthor of the award-winning Religion and the Technological Future: Biohacking, Artificial Intelligence, and Transhumanism
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AI is here. And for anyone fascinated by the remarkable technology of artificial intelligence and the compelling message of the Bible, this is your book. The skill and insight of the various authors in this edited volume is breathtaking. They offer a clear and compelling guide to what AI means for translation and interpretation and take the reader into new vistas of studying Scripture in the emerging era of AI
Greg Cootsona, Executive Director of AI & Faith, and Lecturer ofComparative Religion and Humanities, California State University, Chico
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We can only imagine what Moses, David, the Gospel writers and the Apostle Paul would make of AI as a tool to “rightly divide their words of truth”. (2 Tim 2:15) But this pioneering multidisciplinary set of expert perspectives on what is possible through AI for broader engagement, faster yet better translation, and remarkable new interpretive insights, all give reason to believe the Biblical writers would be not only astonished but heartened. These essays model the theological and technological knowledge , imagination, respect and care vitally needed for this new epoch in engagement with God's great story for humanity
David Brenner, Co-Founder, AI and Faith
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This book is a scholarly conversation about AI and the Bible that's much deeper and more integrated than the reactions to ChatGPT that we saw a few years ago. It's critically rooted in history, deep yet accessible in technical details, theologically and philosophically provocative, and honestly engaging practical experience. Historical analysis of the printing press sits alongside statistical formulas, on-the-ground translation workflows, and fresh theological and interpretative questions-unified by the conviction that divine speech deserves all of our intelligence, both natural and artificial. I will be recommending this to my AI students and humanities colleagues alike
Ken Arnold, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Calvin University

























