The Making Of The English Bible

Author : Gerald Hammond
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781504081269

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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 : Benson Bobrick
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1842125281

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The Making of the English Bible by Benson Bobrick Pdf

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 : Donald L. Brake
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : PSU:000064234229

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A Visual History of the English Bible by Donald L. Brake Pdf

Presents the history of the translation of the Bible into English, from the fourteenth century to the twentieth century.

Author : Samuel McComb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Bible
ISBN : OCLC:61880133

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The Making of the English Bible by Samuel McComb Pdf

Author : Samuel McComb
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1318692482

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The Making of the English Bible by Samuel McComb Pdf

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780007431007

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When God Spoke English by Adam Nicolson Pdf

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 : Frederick Fyvie Bruce
Publisher : James Clarke & Co.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0718890310

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History of the Bible in English by Frederick Fyvie Bruce Pdf

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 : Samuel Mccomb
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0332154106

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Excerpt from The Making of the English Bible: With an Introductory Essay on the Influence of the English Bible on English Literature Our day asks that these Old Greek and Hebrew writings should speak to him as they Spoke to their first readers, freed from the meanings imposed upon them by later ages and from the unconscious errors Of imperfect scholarship. A Bible that refuses to meet this demand may serve the needs Of a coterie; it cannot Speak home to a wider humanity. On the other hand, a translation which would break away from the past and pedantically renounce the moving and living rhythm of earlier workers would make no wide appeal to the popular mind. Having no root in the soil of a great literary tradition it would soon wither away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James George Carleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Bible
ISBN : YALE:39002088378477

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The Part of Rheims in the Making of the English Bible by James George Carleton Pdf

Author : Samuel McComb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Bible
ISBN : UCAL:$B247240

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The Making of the English Bible by Samuel McComb Pdf

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061804021

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God's Secretaries by Adam Nicolson Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “This scrupulously elegant account of the creation of what four centuries of history has confirmed is the finest English-language work of all time, is entirely true to its subject: Adam Nicolson’s lapidary prose is masterly, his measured account both as readable as the curious demand and as dignified as the story deserves.” — Simon Winchester, author of Krakatoa In God's Secretaries, Adam Nicolson gives a fascinating and dramatic account of the era of the King James Bible and its translation, immersing us in an age whose greatest monument is not a painting or a building but a book. A network of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the era of the Gunpowder Plot and the worst outbreak of the plague. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than the country had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn taut between these polarities. This was the world that created the King James Bible. It is the greatest work of English prose ever written, and it is no coincidence that the translation was made at the moment "Englishness," specifically the English language itself, had come into its first passionate maturity. The English of Jacobean England has a more encompassing idea of its own scope than any form of the language before or since. It drips with potency and sensitivity. The age, with all its conflicts, explains the book. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Common English Bible
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781609260064

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Common English Bible by Anonim Pdf

"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 : Laurence M. Vance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0962889814

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A Brief History of English Bible Translations by Laurence M. Vance Pdf

Author : Konrad Schmid,Jens Schršter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674248380

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The Making of the Bible by Konrad Schmid,Jens Schršter Pdf

The authoritative new account of the BibleÕs origins, illuminating the 1,600-year tradition that shaped the Christian and Jewish holy books as millions know them today. The Bible as we know it today is best understood as a process, one that begins in the tenth century BCE. In this revelatory account, a world-renowned scholar of Hebrew scripture joins a foremost authority on the New Testament to write a new biography of the Book of Books, reconstructing Jewish and Christian scriptural histories, as well as the underappreciated contest between them, from which the Bible arose. Recent scholarship has overturned popular assumptions about IsraelÕs past, suggesting, for instance, that the five books of the Torah were written not by Moses but during the reign of Josiah centuries later. The sources of the Gospels are also under scrutiny. Konrad Schmid and Jens Schršter reveal the long, transformative journeys of these and other texts en route to inclusion in the holy books. The New Testament, the authors show, did not develop in the wake of an Old Testament set in stone. Rather the two evolved in parallel, in conversation with each other, ensuring a continuing mutual influence of Jewish and Christian traditions. Indeed, Schmid and Schršter argue that Judaism may not have survived had it not been reshaped in competition with early Christianity. A remarkable synthesis of the latest Old and New Testament scholarship, The Making of the Bible is the most comprehensive history yet told of the worldÕs best-known literature, revealing its buried lessons and secrets.

Author : Beth Allison Barr
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493429639

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The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr Pdf

USA Today Bestseller Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (History & Biography) "A powerful work of skillful research and personal insight."--Publishers Weekly Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers--pervades North American Christianity. From choices about careers to roles in local churches to relationship dynamics, this belief shapes the everyday lives of evangelical women. Yet biblical womanhood isn't biblical, says Baylor University historian Beth Allison Barr. It arose from a series of clearly definable historical moments. This book moves the conversation about biblical womanhood beyond Greek grammar and into the realm of church history--ancient, medieval, and modern--to show that this belief is not divinely ordained but a product of human civilization that continues to creep into the church. Barr's historical insights provide context for contemporary teachings about women's roles in the church and help move the conversation forward. Interweaving her story as a Baptist pastor's wife, Barr sheds light on the #ChurchToo movement and abuse scandals in Southern Baptist circles and the broader evangelical world, helping readers understand why biblical womanhood is more about human power structures than the message of Christ.