Keywords: vernacular theologizing, contextualization, Bible translation, study Bibles, Chichewa, Malawi
Prof. Ernst Wendland has a Ph.D. in African Languages and Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A former instructor at Lusaka Lutheran Seminary (1968–2022) and a United Bible Societies Translation Consultant in Zambia, he currently serves as a thesis supervisor at SATS and several other academic institutions. His research interests include various aspects of Bible translation as well as structural, stylistic, poetic, and rhetorical studies in biblical texts and the Bantu languages of South-East Africa.