David Norton

The King James Bible

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the work of Tyndale and his successors, examining the translators' manuscript work and the KJB's textual and printing history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9780521851497
• ISBN-10: 0521851491
• Artikelnr.: 31776579

Autorenporträt

David Norton is Professor of English at the Victoria University of Wellington. His previous publications include A History of the Bible as Literature, 2 volumes (Cambridge, 1993) and The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible (Cambridge, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Predecessors
2. Drafting the King James Bible
3. 'I was a translator'
4. Working on the King James Bible
5. 1611: the first edition
6. Printing, editing and the development of a standard text
7. Reputation and future.

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List of illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Predecessors; 2. Drafting the King James Bible; 3. 'I was a translator'; 4. Working on the King James Bible; 5. 1611: the first edition; 6. Printing, editing and the development of a standard text; 7. Reputation and future.

Rezensionen

'By his work as editor of The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible and through his careful study of manuscripts left by King James's translators, David Norton has made himself master of his subject. This history of the King James Bible is detailed, clear, and complete.' Ward S. Allen, author of Translating the New Testament Epistles 1604-1611