In Discordance with the Scriptures
In Discordance with the Scriptures

Author: Peter Johannes Thuesen

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 019515228X

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The story of the translation of the Bible in America begins with the King James Version. In fact, many Americans thought of the KJV as the foundational text of the Republic, rather than a cultural inheritance from Anglican Britain. In the nineteenth century, however, as new editions of the Greek New Testament appeared, scholars increasingly recognized significant errors and inconsistencies in the KJV. This soon 1ed to the Bible revision movement, whose goal was the uniting of all English-speaking Protestants behind one new, improved version of the Bible. Ironically, as Peter Thuesen shows in this fascinating history, the revision movement in fact resulted in a vast proliferation of English scripture editions and an enduring polarization of American Christians over versions of Holy Writ. The recurrent controversies over Bible translations, he argues, tell us less about the linguistic issues dividing conservatives and liberals than about the theological assumptions they have long held in common.

The Literary Lineage of the King James Bible, 1340-1611
The Literary Lineage of the King James Bible, 1340-1611

Author: Charles C. Butterworth

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1512815039

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Inspiration and Utmost Art: The Poetics of Early Modern English Psalm Translations
Inspiration and Utmost Art: The Poetics of Early Modern English Psalm Translations

Author: Janina Niefer

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 3643908180

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This study is concerned with Early Modern English psalm translations. It focusses on the connection between inspiration and formal perfection as it appears in George Wither's "A Preparation to the Psalter", Philip Sidney's "The Defence of Poesy", "The Sidney Psalter" and "The Bay Psalm Book". Taking into account theological, philosophical, and literary contexts of the time, it reveals the struggle to find a suitable language in praise of God as a main concern of Early Modern religious writers, and presents concepts which are highly relevant for the religious poetry of the time. Dissertation. (Series: Religion and Literature / Religion und Literatur, Vol. 5) [Subject: Religious Studies]