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The murderous history of Bible translations : power, conflict and the quest for meaning / Harry Freedman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 248 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781632866011
  • 1632866013
  • 9781472921673
  • 1472921674
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Contents:
Before the violence. The legacy of Alexandria ; A wandering Aramean ; Old words, new tongues ; The sublime Bible -- The violence begins. Medieval conflict ; The murder of Tyndale ; Confound their strife ; King James's Bible -- Enlightenment. A new role ; The early American Bible ; The quest for meaning ; Reworking the Bible ; The future for the translated Bible.
Summary: The Bible has been translated far more than any other book. To our minds it is self-evident that believers can read their sacred literature in a language they understand. But the history of Bible translations is far more contentious than reason would suggest. Bible translations underlie an astonishing number of religious conflicts that have plagued the world. Harry Freedman describes brilliantly the passions and strong emotions that arise when deeply held religious convictions are threatened or undermined. He tells of the struggle for authority and orthodoxy in a world where temporal power was always subjugated to the divine, a world in which the idea of a Bible for all was so important that many were willing to give up their time, security, and even their lives. --Publisher's description.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Harry Freedman, author of The Talmud: A Biography , recounts the fascinating and bloody history of the Bible.

In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year the translator of the first Dutch Bible was arrested and beheaded. These were not the first, nor were they the last instances of extreme violence against Bible translators. The Murderous History of Bible Translations tells the remarkable, and bloody, story of those who dared translate the word of God.

The Bible has been translated far more than any other book. To our minds it is self-evident that believers can read their sacred literature in a language they understand. But the history of Bible translations is far more contentious than reason would suggest. Bible translations underlie an astonishing number of religious conflicts that have plagued the world.

Harry Freedman describes brilliantly the passions and strong emotions that arise when deeply held religious convictions are threatened or undermined. He tells of the struggle for authority and orthodoxy in a world where temporal power was always subjugated to the divine, a world in which the idea of a Bible for all was so important that many were willing to give up their time, security, and even their lives.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-241) and index.

The Bible has been translated far more than any other book. To our minds it is self-evident that believers can read their sacred literature in a language they understand. But the history of Bible translations is far more contentious than reason would suggest. Bible translations underlie an astonishing number of religious conflicts that have plagued the world. Harry Freedman describes brilliantly the passions and strong emotions that arise when deeply held religious convictions are threatened or undermined. He tells of the struggle for authority and orthodoxy in a world where temporal power was always subjugated to the divine, a world in which the idea of a Bible for all was so important that many were willing to give up their time, security, and even their lives. --Publisher's description.

Before the violence. The legacy of Alexandria ; A wandering Aramean ; Old words, new tongues ; The sublime Bible -- The violence begins. Medieval conflict ; The murder of Tyndale ; Confound their strife ; King James's Bible -- Enlightenment. A new role ; The early American Bible ; The quest for meaning ; Reworking the Bible ; The future for the translated Bible.

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