The Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels: Thomas, Mary, and Judas
Barnstone, Willis (Translator)
Language: English
Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York & London, 2009
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META-META-METACANONICAL: SUPERLATIVE: ELOQUENT: FRESH: LYRICAL: ELEGANT: WISE: MAGNIFICENT: MONUMENTAL: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2009) First Printing * 6.26" X 9.50" 2.0", 1.42 kg, xvii+1486 (1504) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: From acclaimed scholar Willis Barnstone, "The Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels: Thomas, Mary, and Judas" . "Newly Translated from the Greek and Informed by Semitic Sources" . For the first time since the King James Version in 1611, Willis Barnstone has given us an amazing literary & historical version of the New Testament. Barnstone preserves the original song of the Bible, rendering a large part in poetry & the epic Revelation in incantatory blank verse. This monumental translation is the first to restore the original Greek, Aramaic, & Hebrew names (Markos for Mark, Yeshua for Jesus), thereby revealing the Greco-Jewish identity of biblical people & places. Citing historical & biblical scholarship, he changes the sequence of texts & adds 3 seminal Gnostic gospels. Ea. book has elegant introductions & is thoroughly annotated. W/ its superlative writing & lyrical wisdom, "The Restored New Testament" is a magnificent biblical translation for our age. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "Barnstone's new English version of the core texts of Christian scripture is almost startling in its freshness. Scraping away many centuries of stylistic fussiness & supersessionist distortion, he gives us a set of Gospel narratives that are bold & direct in their simplicity & that show how steeped the first Christina were in the Jewish world from which they derived." -Robert Alter. "Willis Barnstone's "The Restored New Testament" is both an eloquent, fresh translation of the Four Gospels & of Revelation, & also a superb act of restoration, in whIch these Christian scriptures are returned to their Judaic origins & context. The introductory material is wise & poignant, & makes an authentic contribution to the common reader's understanding of the gospels." -Harold Bloom * ABOUT THE AUTHOR-TRANSLATOR: WILLIS BARNSTONE, professor, poet, & scholar, is the author of 80 volumes, including "The Restored New Testament", "The Gnostic Bible", "The Poems of Jesus Christ", "The Poetics of Translation", & "Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems". He lives in Oakland, California, & Paris. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL for at-cost rates quoted upon request.…
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- Title
- The Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels: Thomas, Mary, and Judas
- Author
- Barnstone, Willis (Translator)
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York & London
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 039306493X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393064933
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 1.42 kilograms
From acclaimed scholar Willis Barnstone, The Restored New Testament―newly translated from the Greek and informed by Semitic sources.
For the first time since the King James Version in 1611, Willis Barnstone has given us an amazing literary and historical version of the New Testament. Barnstone preserves the original song of the Bible, rendering a large part in poetry and the epic Revelation in incantatory blank verse. This monumental translation is the first to restore the original Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew names (Markos for Mark, Yeshua for Jesus), thereby revealing the Greco-Jewish identity of biblical people and places. Citing historical and biblical scholarship, he changes the sequence of texts and adds three seminal Gnostic gospels. Each book has elegant introductions and is thoroughly annotated. With its superlative writing and lyrical wisdom, The Restored New Testament is a magnificent biblical translation for our age."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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