The Word: On Translation Of Bible Dr John Barton Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Linguistics

From The Sunday Times Bestselling Author Of A History Bible This Is Story How Has Been Translated And Why It Mattersthe Held To Be Both Universal Specific Source Fundamental Truths Inscribed In Words That Are Exact Sacred For Much Judaism Almost Entirety Christianity However Believers Have Overwhelmingly Understood Scripture Not Languages Which Was First Written But Rather Their Own - Translation Book Examines Saints Scholars Interpreters Ancient Down Present Produced Versions Language Day While Remaining True Original Explains Challenges They Negotiated Minute Textual Ambiguities Up Sweep Style Stark Differences Form Thought Between Earliest Writings Latest Exposes Bearing These On Some Most Profound Questions Faith: Nature God Existence Soul Possibility Its Salvation Reading Dozens Renderings Alongside Hebrew Greek Antecedents John Barton Traces Migration Biblical Ideas Across Linguistic Borders Illuminating Meanings As Well Ways Were Recast \ Translators Among Principal Agents Mediating Bible\ S Message He Writes Even Shaping What At Separation Protestantism Catholicism Demonstrates Vernacular Did Only Spring Fault Lines Religious Thinking Also Inspired Moulded Them Product Lifetime\ Study Word Itself Reveals Central Our Culture Anew We Know Σελίδες: 320 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm