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Why Read the Bible in the Original Languages? - Softcover

Takamitsu Muraoka

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9789042942004: Why Read the Bible in the Original Languages?
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9042942002 ISBN 13: 9789042942004
Publisher: Peeters Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

A comparison of multiple translations of the Bible in any language showsthat they differ at hundreds of places, pointing to the continuingdisagreement among Bible scholars and translators in their analysis andunderstanding of those places. To learn Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, theoriginal languages of the Bible, is admittedly not everybody's cup oftea. Knowledge of them does not necessarily provide a solution to thesedifficulties. However, there are not a few things in the biblical textwhich can be missed out if it is read only in translation. A range oflinguistic issues touching on the three original languages are discussedin the light of actual examples. Matters of culture and rhetoric arealso taken up. A special chapter is devoted to the Septuagint as abridge between the two Testaments. The book is written in anon-technical style, hence easily readable by non-specialists, butspecialists may also find things of interest. No Hebrew or Greekalphabet is used.

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Publisher
Peeters Publishers
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9042942002
ISBN 13 
9789042942004
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
111
Rating
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