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: 29. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 319g
• ISBN-13: 9780761825562
• ISBN-10: 0761825568
• Artikelnr.: 21366049

Autorenporträt

Jason David BeDuhn

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