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Author | : Gerald Hammond |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2022-12-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1504081269 |
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A renowned Bible scholar examines how the Hebrew text has been interpreted—and misinterpreted—from the Renaissance to modern times. In this wide-ranging and authoritative study, Gerald Hammond sheds light on how the Bible has evolved over centuries of English-language translation. His extensive analysis begins in the sixteenth century with William Tyndale’s pioneering work. This early text is contrasted with the seventeenth century authorized version, showing how each in their own ways attempted to bring the meaning and nuance of the Hebrew scripture to English readers. Between these towering Renaissance works, Hammond examines the two Bibles translated by Miles Coverdale; the Geneva Bible; the Bishops’ Bible; and the Catholic Bible. He also offers incisive criticism of the New English Bible, demonstrating that—in the pursuit of accessibility above all—the newer translations seem to have given up on what should be essential: faithful adherence to the source.
Author | : Frederick Fyvie Bruce |
Publisher | : James Clarke & Co. |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9780718890315 |
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The Bible in the English language is among the great achievements of all time, not only as a masterpiece of inspired writing but as a witness to the place of the Scriptures in the life of the English-speaking peoples, and Bruce's work, recognised for 30 years as the best on its subject, documents its history and shows the impact of some of the translations on the use and development of the English language. Formerly The English Bible, this comprehensive study of the various English translationsof the Bible is again available in paperback. The author traces the story from the earliest partial translations in Saxon times, through Wycliffe, Tyndale and The King James Version, to the publication of such contemporary versions as The New English Bible, The New American Standard Version, The Living Bible, and The Good News Bible. Authoritative and highly readable, this remains one of the standard works on its subject.
Author | : Donald L. Brake |
Publisher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2008-09-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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Presents the history of the translation of the Bible into English, from the fourteenth century to the twentieth century.
Author | : Samuel McComb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Adam Nicolson |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 0007431007 |
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A fascinating, lively account of the making of the King James Bible. James VI of Scotland -- now James I of England -- came into his new kingdom in 1603. Trained almost from birth to manage rival political factions, he was determined not only to hold his throne, but to avoid the strife caused by religious groups that was bedevilling most European countries. He would hold his God-appointed position and unify his kingdom. Out of these circumstances, and involving the very people who were engaged in the bitterest controversies, a book of extraordinary grace and lasting literary appeal was created: the King James Bible. 47 scholars from Cambridge, Oxford and London translated the Bible, drawing from many previous versions, and created what many believe to be the greatest prose work ever written in English -- the product of a culture in a peculiarly conflicted era. This was the England of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson and Bacon; but also of extremist Puritans, the Gunpowder plot, the Plague, of slum dwellings and crushing religious confines. Quite how this astonishing translation emerges is the central question of this book. Far more than Shakespeare, this Bible helped to create and shape the language. It is the origin of many of our most familiar phrases, and the foundations of the English-speaking world. It was a generous and deliberate decision to make the Bible available to the common man: not an immediate commercial success, but which later became a bestseller, and has remained one ever since. Adam Nicolson gives a fascinating and dramatic account of the early years of the first Stewart ruler, and the scholars who laboured for seven years to create the world's greatest book; immersing us in a world of ingratiating bishops, a fascinating monarch and London at a time unlike any other.
Author | : Samuel McComb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : Common English Bible |
Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 1609260066 |
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"The Common English Bible (CEB) ... is a fresh translation of the Bible, including the Apocrypha that is used in Anglican, Orthodox, and Catholic congregations"--Preface.
Author | : James George Carleton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Benson Bobrick |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9781842125281 |
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The King James Bible, the most famous English-language Bible, was the culmination of centuries of work by various translators, most notably John Wycliffe in the fifteenth century and William Tyndale in the sixteenth. In this enthralling account of the tumultuous politics surrounding the translation of the Bible into vernacular languages, Benson Bobrick, a professor from Columbia University, shows how the achievement of Tyndale and other translators had a permanent influence on the English-speaking world.As the historian Macaulay wrote of the King James version: 'If everything else in our language should perish, it alone would suffice to show the extent of its beauty and power.' But the King James scholars relied on Wycliffe and particularly Tyndale, polishing their translations and giving us phrases that are still part of the English language: - 'eat, drink and be merry', 'the powers that be', 'the salt of the earth', 'let there be light', 'and the truth shall make you free', 'the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak', 'the root of all evil'.,'fight the good fight', 'a thorn in the flesh', 'labour of love', 'the fat of the land', 'the sweat of the brow', 'to cast pearls before swine' 'am I my brother's keeper?' among them.
Author | : Samuel McComb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
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