Jason David Beduhn

Truth in Translation

Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Truth in Translation is a critical study of Biblical translation, assessing the accuracy of nine English versions of the New Testament in wide use today. By looking at passages where theological investment is at a premium, the author demonstrates that many versions deviate from accurate translation under the pressure of theological bias.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 319g
• ISBN-13: 9780761825562
• ISBN-10: 0761825568
• Artikelnr.: 21366049

Autorenporträt

Jason David BeDuhn is Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Humanities, Arts, and Religion, Northern Arizona University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter
4 The Origins of Modern English Bibles Chapter 5 The Work of Translation
Chapter 6 Major English Translations Chapter 7 Bowing to Bias Chapter 8
Grasping at Accuracy Chapter 9 When is a Man not a Man? Chapter 10 Probing
the Implicit Meaning Chapter 11 Words Together and Apart Chapter 12 An
Uncertain Throne Chapter 13 Tampering with Tenses Chapter 14 And the Word
was...What? Chapter 15 The Spirit Writ Large Chapter 16 A Final Word
Chapter 17 Appendix: The Use of "Jehovah" in the NW Chapter 18 Bibliography
Chapter 19 Index