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The Word On the Translation of the Bible

John Barton
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bible has been translated, and why it matters

The Bible is held to be both universal and specific, the source of fundamental truths inscribed in words that are exact and sacred. For much of the history of Judaism and almost the entirety of Christianity, however, believers have overwhelmingly understood scripture not in the languages in which it was first written but rather in their own - in translation.

This book examines how saints, scholars and interpreters from ancient times down to the present have produced versions of the Bible in the language of their day while remaining true to the original. It explains the challenges they negotiated, from minute textual ambiguities up to the sweep of style and stark differences in form and thought between the earliest writings and the latest, and it exposes the bearing these have on some of the most profound questions of faith: the nature of God, the existence of the soul and possibility of its salvation.

Reading dozens of renderings alongside their ancient Hebrew and Greek antecedents, John Barton traces the migration of biblical words and ideas across linguistic borders, illuminating original meanings as well as the ways they were recast. 'Translators have been among the principal agents in mediating the Bible's message,' he writes, 'even in shaping what that message is.' At the separation of Christianity from Judaism and Protestantism from Catholicism, Barton demonstrates, vernacular versions did not only spring from fault lines in religious thinking but also inspired and moulded them. The product of a lifetime's study of scripture, The Word itself reveals the central book of our culture anew - as it was written and as we know it.

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Rodzaj (nośnik) / Type of product książka / book
Dział / Department Książki i czasopisma / Books and periodicals
Autor / Author John Barton
Tytuł / Title The Word
Podtytuł / Subtitle On the Translation of the Bible
Język / Language angielski
Wydawca / Publisher Allen Lane
Rok wydania / Published in year 2022
Rodzaj oprawy / Binding type Twarda z obwolutą
Wymiary / Size 16.0x24.0
Liczba stron / Number of pages 300
Ciężar / Weight 0.526 kg
   
ISBN 9780241448816 (9780241448816)
EAN/UPC 9780241448816
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Nośnik Oprawa Rok wydania Dostępność Pokaż
książka / book (j. angielski) Miękka 2023 Niedostępna [pokaż]

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