The English Bible, King James-Version - The Old Testament, Critical Edition
A Norton Critical Edition
(Sprache: Englisch)
A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version is the most accessible edition available. These volumes offer succinct introductions to each book, detailed explanatory annotations and a wealth of...
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A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version is the most accessible edition available. These volumes offer succinct introductions to each book, detailed explanatory annotations and a wealth of contextual and critical materials. Archaic words are explained, textual problems are discussed and stylistic features of the texts are highlighted. Judicious and economical, the introductions and annotations to the Old Testament give readers without Hebrew an entry into complexities of biblical literature, reconstructing its original contexts, tracing its evolution and pointing out productive strategies of reading. Incorporating the insights of modern scholarship as well as centuries of pre-critical interpretation, they offer essential guidance to a labyrinthine world while respecting the text's integrity. For the New Testament and the Apocrypha, the introductions and annotations provide necessary historical and cultural background, while at the same time illuminating the complexity of the original texts. Time lines, chronologies, diagrams and maps are included.
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In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, these long-awaited volumes bring together succinct introductions to each biblical book, detailed explanatory annotations, and a wealth of contextual and critical materials. Archaic words are explained, textual problems are lucidly discussed, and stylistic features of the original texts are highlighted.Judicious and economical, the introductions and annotations to the Old Testament give readers without Hebrew an entry into complexities of biblical literature, reconstructing its original contexts, tracing its evolution, and pointing out productive strategies of reading. Incorporating the insights of modern biblical scholarship as well as centuries of precritical interpretation, they offer essential guidance to a labyrinthine world, while respecting the text's integrity.
The historical and critical appendix comprises three distinct collections. A section on ancient Near Eastern backgrounds presents the myths, hymns, prayers, and legal codes that informed the creation of the Hebrew Bible. A historical anthology of biblical interpretation gathers-for the first time in one volume-generous selections from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, along with classics of secular commentary. It includes reflections on the Bible by philosophers from Hobbes to Ricoeur; a compendium of modern biblical scholarship, focusing on topics such as the oral and the written, the composition of the Pentateuch, and the historical movement from covenant to canon; and a provocative sampling of comparative and literary approaches. The crucial presence of the Old Testament within English literature is represented by paraphrases and parables in verse and prose, and a recapitulatory conclusion brings the diverse perspectives of this millennial survey to bear on two of the Bible's most famous passages: the expulsion from the garden of Eden and the binding of Isaac. A final section devoted to the question of
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translation includes significant English versions from Wycliffe to the present.
Time lines, chronologies, diagrams, and maps are included.
Time lines, chronologies, diagrams, and maps are included.
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Autoren-Porträt von Herber Marks
Herbert Marks is Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, where he also directs the Institute for Biblical and Literary Studies and edits the monograph series Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature. He is the editor of the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version: The Old Testament.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Herber Marks
- 2012, 2304 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 17,6 x 23,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Herbert Marks
- Verlag: Norton
- ISBN-10: 0393927458
- ISBN-13: 9780393927450
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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The Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, appearing on the four hundredth anniversary of the great translation, is a real gift to the English-reading world, making this classical version freshly accessible. The introductions to the different biblical books are apt and often illuminating; the generous annotation clarifies archaic terms, corrects translation errors, and provides insight into the texts; and the appended critical and historical materials give readers a wealth of relevant contexts for both Old and New Testament. --Robert Alter
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