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On Englishing the Bible On Englishing the Bible Ronald Arbuthnott Knox This short collection of eight essays by Fr. Knox give excellent insights into the problems of translations in general, and of English translations of the Holy Bible in particular. He presents the ra… OL1283140W
Which Bible? Which Bible? David Otis Fuller "Which Bible?" is now one of three of a trilogy of edited works by Dr. David Otis Fuller, Sr. in defense of the King James Version of the Bible. "True or False" and "Counterfeit or Genuine" were publ… OL149968W
Genesis, a royal epic Genesis, a royal epic Loren R. Fisher This new translation of Genesis is based on the presupposition that Genesis is the Royal Epic of the Davidic Monarchy. OL16284981W
When God Spoke Greek When God Spoke Greek Timothy Michael Law How did the New Testament writers and the earliest Christians come to adopt the Jewish scriptures as their first Old Testament? And why are our modern Bibles related more to the Rabbinic Hebrew Bible… OL16813817W
The Cambridge History of the Bible The Cambridge History of the Bible Christopher Francis Evans,Peter R. Ackroyd Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Bible concerns the earliest period down to Jerome and takes as its central theme the process by which the books of both Testaments came into being and emerged… OL17776086W
The Third Reich and the Christian churches The Third Reich and the Christian churches Peter Matheson A documentary account of Christian resistance and complicity during the Nazi era.--cover. OL18251572W
Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und … Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und … Hildegard Temporini,Wolfgang Haase 2 volumes : 25 cm OL18820010W
The Cambridge history of the Bible The Cambridge history of the Bible C. F. Evans,Peter R. Ackroyd Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Bible concerns the earliest period down to Jerome and takes as its central theme the process by which the books of both Testaments came into being and emerged… OL19302181W
A Defence of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures Into ... A Defence of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures Into ... Charles Henry Hartshorne,William Fulke Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. OL19800928W
A translator's handbook on the Book of Ruth A translator's handbook on the Book of Ruth J. De Waard,Nida E. A. This handbook, like others in this series, concentrates on exegetical matters that are of prime importance for translators, and it attempts to indicate possible solutions for translational problems t… OL20939895W
A history of Bible translation A history of Bible translation Philip A. Noss "No other book has been translated over such a long period of time as the Bible, no other literary work has been rendered into so many languages, and no other document continues to be the object of s… OL20950021W
The Syriac Peshiṭta Bible with English translation The Syriac Peshiṭta Bible with English translation Jeff W. Childers,George Anton Kiraz "This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars. Childers has translated the Peshitta of Lu… OL20955834W
An East Syrian manuscript of the Syriac 'Masora' dated to 899 CE An East Syrian manuscript of the Syriac 'Masora' dated to 899 CE Jonathan Loopstra "Published here for the first time is the only known manuscript of the East Syrian 'Masora, ' thought to be a type of school handbook designed to teach students how to accurately read and interpret S… OL20973924W
The sub-loco notes in the Former Prophets of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia The sub-loco notes in the Former Prophets of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Christopher Dost "In preparing the Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), Gérard E. Weil did not diplomatically present the Masorah of the Leningrad Codex (ML) as the editors of BHS did with ML's text; rath… OL20974892W
Wide as the waters Wide as the waters Benson Bobrick "Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was - and is - the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the King James Version, was the culmination of centuries o… OL2650220W
Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion in Armenia Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion in Armenia Claude E. Cox This book contains an analysis of remnants of the translations of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion found in the margins of Armenian manuscripts of the Old Testament. Some 181 marginal readings are p… OL3244489W
Choosing a Bible Translation Choosing a Bible Translation John J. Pilch Which Bible translation is the best to use or to buy?" "Which does the Church recommend?" In Choosing a Bible Translation, John Pilch discusses two kinds of Bible translations: word-for-word (literal… OL460168W
Coined by God Coined by God Stan Malless,Jeff McQuain,Stanley Malless "From "appetite" to "liberty," the Bible has been one of the most prolific sources for introducing words and concepts into the English language. Even the names of the biblical books, from "Genesis" t… OL5094335W
The American Catholic Bible in the Nineteenth Century The American Catholic Bible in the Nineteenth Century Sidney K. Ohlhausen A detailed bibliographical description of every known English language Catholic Bible published in the USA during the 19th century, including editions originally published in England and Ireland and … OL8569302W
The Battle for the Bible in England, 1557-1582 The Battle for the Bible in England, 1557-1582 Cameron A. Mackenzie "In the sixteenth century, the vernacular Bible was a serious issue of debate between Protestants and Catholics. In the story of the English Bible, the period from 1557 to 1582 was especially importa… OL9621943W
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