Some Considerations Touching The Style Of The H. Scriptures. Rendered Into Modern Language, By P. Panter - Softcover

Robert Boyle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371753171 ISBN 13: 9780371753170

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Some Considerations Touching The Style Of The H. Scriptures. Rendered Into Modern Language, By P. Panter — Robert Boyle Some Considerations is a translated edition of a Baroque-era treatise by the eminent theologian Robert Boyle, rendered into modern English by the Rev. P. Panter. The work offers a systematic meditation on the language and arrangement of the Sacred Writings, arguing that Scripture’s authority does not depend on ornate diction but on its divine origin and intended purpose. Boyle discusses the inherent challenges of translating Hebrew and other ancient languages, the distinction between what Scripture asserts and what is merely recorded, and how the varied genres and voices within Scripture contribute to a coherent whole. He defends the usefulness and ornament of biblical language when appropriate, while urging readers to pursue a careful, reverent study of the text. The volume surveys the Bible’s diversity of composition, its method, its coherence, the propriety of textual choices, and the role of rhetoric in sacred literature. Panter’s modern rendering aims to render these arguments accessible to contemporary readers, preserving the original’s integral spirit.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371753171
• ISBN 13: 9780371753170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238