Introduction of the ESV project
A
group of Hungarian Christian leaders who represent two Hungarian Publishers,
Harmat and Veritas, and various other Hungarian Christian organizations that
maintain a close relationship with the European Leadership Forum, united to set
a team in place to work on the ESV project, adapting and creating a Hungarian
translation of the 2008 edition of the ESV Study Bible.
In
accordance with this project, we have chosen Harmat and Veritas, which are two
Hungarian Christian publishing companies devoted to spreading the Word of God.
Harmat
Publishers’ goal is to provide high-quality literature to the Christian public
and provide guidance in the questions of faith, particularly as they apply to
daily life situations, thereby strengthening the personal faith and conviction
of each individual reader. Through their publishing activities, Harmat also
seeks to address current controversial scientific and social issues in order to
provoke productive dialogue between various social and denominational groups.
Over
the course of the last twenty years, Harmat earned a reputation in Hungary as
one of the most influential Christian publishing houses and became the most
renowned Hungarian Protestant publishing establishment. Their publishing
activity varies from children’s books to university study books. Since its
establishment, Harmat has published approximately 350 books and has sold more
than one million copies.
Veritas
Publishers is closely affiliated with Hungarian Ministries International (HMI) presided
over by Joseph Baranyi, a veteran Hungarian missionary with a twenty-year
background of ministry through Trans World Radio. Veritas Publishers’ mission
is to spread the Gospel in the Hungarian language by using their vast experience
in publishing Bible-related literature. They are driven by the goal to fulfill
a substantial need for basic Bible study tools in Hungary and are well equipped
with extensive knowledge stemming from twenty years of experience in the
publication of Christian literature. Beginning with their first book, the
Concordance to the Karoli Bible, they accomplished milestone after milestone in
Hungarian Christian Publishing.
In 2014 Crossway granted the permission to the
publishing houses of Veritas and Harmat to publish the 2008 edition of the ESV Study Bible in Hungarian and we started to work on the translation. Several translator, proofreader and typesetter
are working on this project and we would like to finish the preparation for
publishing in 2016 and print the book in 2017.
