Zoltan Haraszti

The Bay Psalm Book (eBook, ePUB)

The First Book Printed in British North America, 1640

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

[front flap] The founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony came to the New World seeking religious freedom, and their first publication was a hymnal: The Bay Psalm Book, printed just twenty years after the Pilgrims' arrival. This book, with which the Pilgrims literally sang their praises to God, presents a translation of the Psalms from Hebrew, transposed into metrical rhyme for congregational singing. An instant success, the book was adopted throughout the colonies and remained in use for well over a century. Only eleven known original editions survive, one of which recently sold at auction for a record $14.2 million, making it the most expensive book in the world. This facsimile of a rare first edition includes a companion volume, The Enigma of the Bay Psalm Book, which provides an academic study of the psalter's history and contents. Both books are encompassed in this single volume, offering readers and collectors a personal edition of a major icon of book history and a great artifact of American culture. [back flap] "Thirty pious and learned ministers" Richard Mather, one of colonial New England's leading scholars, reported that a committee of "thirty pious and learned ministers" were charged with translating 150 psalms from Hebrew into English and casting their interpretations into verse for singing. Mather was among the group of learned elders who assembled The Bay Psalm Book, as were John Cotton, Thomas Mayhew, and John Eliot. Zoltán Haraszti Zoltán Haraszti, author of The Enigma of the Bay Psalm Book, is an authority on the library of John Adams and a Guggenheim Fellow. He served as keeper of rare books and editor of publications at the Boston Public Library, where one of the rare first editions of The Bay Psalm Book resides. www.doverpublications.com

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486814193
• Artikelnr.: 45472036

Autorenporträt

In 1965 Hungarian-born author and scholar Zoltán Haraszti was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for the study of history. A former keeper of rare books and editor of publications at the Boston Public Library, he is an authority on the library of John Adams.