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A TEXTUAL HISTORY OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE

Norton David

Oprawa:
TWARDA

Wydawca:
Cambridge University Press

Data premiery:
2005-01-10

ISBN:
9780521771009

525,53 PLN
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Opis produktu

David Norton is Reader in English at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the author of A History of the Bible as Literature 2 vols (CUP 1993: revised and condensed as A History of the English Bible as Literature 2000).A detailed 2005 account of the history of the text of the new King James Version Bible.In this 2005 book David Norton editor of the new critical edition of the King James Bible shows how the text of the most important Bible in the English language was made and how it changed in the hands of printers and editors.In this 2005 book David Norton editor of the new critical edition of the King James Bible shows how the text of the most important Bible in the English language was made and how it changed in the hands of printers and editors.David Norton reedited the King James Bible for Cambridge and this 2005 book arose from his intensive work on that project. Here he shows how the text of the most important Bible in the English language was made and how for better and for worse it changed in the hands of printers and editors until in 1769 it became the text we know today. Using evidence as diverse as the manuscript work of the original translators and the results of extensive computer collation of electronically held texts Norton has produced a scholarly edition of the King James Bible for the new century that will restore the authority of the 1611 translation. This book describes this fascinating background explains Nortons editorial principles and provides substantial lists and tables of variant readings. It will be indispensable to scholars of the English Bible literature and publishing history.Part I. The History: 1. Making the text: 2. Pre1611 evidence for the text: 3. The first edition: 4. The Kings printer at work 161217: 5. Correcting and corrupting the text 16291760: 6. Setting the standard 17629: 7. The current text: Part II. The New Edition: 8. Variants and orthography: 9. Punctuation and other matters: Appendices 19.His scholarship cannot be bettered In the face of centuries of highly coloured myths his dogged and committed analytic detail is greatly to be welcomed. David Daniell University College London meticulously researched and clearly written This is a tremendous achievement and a valuable addition to biblical literature. Contemporary ReviewsIn recounting the history of the textual transmission of the English Bible Dr Norton has produced an impressive piece of work. Not only does he provide a mass of information on a much fuller scale than has ever been attempted before but he presents it with admirable clarity using such manuscript evidence as is available and full lists and tables of variant readings as well as the resources of computer technology. In short it is a milestone in its particular field and other scholars and students will find it indispensable. J. R. Porter Church Times work of aweinspiring diligence. one can have nothing but praise for a beautifully written and handsomely p

Data Publikacji: 2005-01-10
Wymiary: 247 mm 174 mm 30 mm 970 gr

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