The Making of the English Bible: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution it Inspired - Brossura

Bobrick, Benson

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1842125281 ISBN 13: 9781842125281

Casa editrice: Phoenix, 2003

Riassunto

The King James Bible, the most famous English-language Bible, was the culmination of centuries of work by various translators, most notably John Wycliffe in the fifteenth century and William Tyndale in the sixteenth. In this enthralling account of the tumultuous politics surrounding the translation of the Bible into vernacular languages, Benson Bobrick, a professor from Columbia University, shows how the achievement of Tyndale and other translators had a permanent influence on the English-speaking world. As the historian Macaulay wrote of the King James version: 'If everything else in our language should perish, it alone would suffice to show the extent of its beauty and power.' But the King James scholars relied on Wycliffe and particularly Tyndale, polishing their translations and giving us phrases that are still part of the English language: - 'eat, drink and be merry', 'the powers that be', 'the salt of the earth', 'let there be light', 'and the truth shall make you free', 'the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak', 'the root of all evil'.,'fight the good fight', 'a thorn in the flesh', 'labour of love', 'the fat of the land', 'the sweat of the brow', 'to cast pearls before swine' 'am I my brother's keeper?' among them.

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L'autore:

Benson Bobrick earned his Ph.D at Columbia University, USA. Lewis Mumford called his LABYRINTHS OF IRON: 'An extraordinarily original work, by a mind of the first order. Full of hitherto unused data and new perceptions. Fresh and significant.'

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Next to the Bible itself the English Bible is the most influential book ever published. Benson Bobrick tells the dramatic story of the translation of the Bible into English by John Wycliffe, William Tyndale and the experts assembled under James I. Their translation shaped English literature and speech for centuries, giving us such commonly used expressions as: 'labour of love', 'the root of all evil' and 'the fat of the land'. The publication of the English Bible also had a profound effect on law and society. By giving every literate person access to the sacred text it helped to foster the spirit of enquiry. Once individuals were free to interpret the word of God according to the light of their own understanding, they began to question the authority of their inherited institutions, both religious and secular. In Benson Bobrick's view the English Civil War was fought in the light (and shadow) of such ideas. 'The courteous lucidity of his accounts of the various versions, and his judicious choice of extracts for comparisons among them, provide a most serviceable introduction to his subject' Daily Telegraph PHOENIX NON-FICTION/HISTORY UK 7.99 B FORMAT 1842125281

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• Editore: Phoenix
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1842125281
• ISBN 13: 9781842125281
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384