Why read the Bible in the original languages?
Muraoka, T.,
Why read the Bible in the original languages? [print] Takamitsu Muraoka. - Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, Connecticut : Peeters [(c)2020. - 111 pages : illustrations, tables ; 22 cm
Hebrew ; Greek ; Aramaic ; Septuagint as a bridge between the Old and New Testaments.
A comparison of multiple translations of the Bible in any language shows that they differ at hundreds of places, pointing to the continuing disagreement among Bible scholars and translators in their analysis and understanding of those places. To learn Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, the original languages of the Bible, is admittedly not everybody's cup of tea. Knowledge of them does not necessarily provide a solution to these difficulties. However, there are not a few things in the biblical text which can be missed out if it is read only in translation. A range of linguistic issues touching on the three original languages are discussed in the light of actual examples. Matters of culture and rhetoric are also taken up. A special chapter is devoted to the Septuagint as a bridge between the two Testaments. The book is written in a non-technical style, hence easily readable by non-specialists, but specialists may also find things of interest. No Hebrew or Greek alphabet is used.
9789042942004 9042942002
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Evangelistic work--History.
Christian Bible Language Studies.
Biblical Languages
BS449.M972.W497 2020 BS449.M972.W497 2020
Why read the Bible in the original languages? [print] Takamitsu Muraoka. - Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, Connecticut : Peeters [(c)2020. - 111 pages : illustrations, tables ; 22 cm
Hebrew ; Greek ; Aramaic ; Septuagint as a bridge between the Old and New Testaments.
A comparison of multiple translations of the Bible in any language shows that they differ at hundreds of places, pointing to the continuing disagreement among Bible scholars and translators in their analysis and understanding of those places. To learn Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, the original languages of the Bible, is admittedly not everybody's cup of tea. Knowledge of them does not necessarily provide a solution to these difficulties. However, there are not a few things in the biblical text which can be missed out if it is read only in translation. A range of linguistic issues touching on the three original languages are discussed in the light of actual examples. Matters of culture and rhetoric are also taken up. A special chapter is devoted to the Septuagint as a bridge between the two Testaments. The book is written in a non-technical style, hence easily readable by non-specialists, but specialists may also find things of interest. No Hebrew or Greek alphabet is used.
9789042942004 9042942002
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Evangelistic work--History.
Christian Bible Language Studies.
Biblical Languages
BS449.M972.W497 2020 BS449.M972.W497 2020