The New Testament in Scots - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0857862855 ISBN 13: 9780857862853

Casa editrice: Canongate Books Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

In making this Scots translation of the New Testament, the author undertook the project of recreating Scots prose, and went to work scrutinizing upwards of 180 translations in more than 20 languages The Greek scholar William Lorimer spent the last 10 years of his life working on this project, in which each Gospel has a different form of Scots to match the different forms of Greek used by the various apostles and scribes. The vigor and immediacy of the language is always apparent. Transcribed, edited, and published by his son Robin Lorimer, this scholarly and dramatically fresh reading of an already familiar text caused a sensation when it first appeared in 1983. Beyond the poetry of the King James version, here are the voices of the disciples themselves, speaking, as they undoubtedly did, in "plain braid Galilee."

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L'autore:

William Laughton Lorimer (1885–1967) was best known as one of the most learned Greek scholars of his generation, but he also began studying spoken Scots when he was only nine years old. During the last 20 years of his life, he made a substantial contribution to The Scottish National Dictionary; during the last 10, he also translated the New Testament from Greek into Scots, but had not finally revised three-quarters of his voluminous manuscripts when he died. His son Robin Lorimer (1918–1996), a distinguished publisher and scholar in his own right, completed the transcription and the editing of the work which was published to great acclaim in 1983. Richard Holloway is a former Bishop of Edinburgh who has written for many newspapers in Britain including the Guardian, the Sunday Herald, the Times, and the Scotsman. His books include Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human Condition, Godless Morality, and Doubts and Loves.

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• Editore: Canongate Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857862855
• ISBN 13: 9780857862853
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480