The Art of Bible Translation / / Robert Alter.
An award-winning biblical translator reflects on the art of capturing the literary power of the Bible in EnglishIn this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translat...
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Alter, Robert, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Art of Bible Translation / Robert Alter. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (152 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Autobiographical Prelude -- Chapter 1. The Eclipse of Bible Translation -- Chapter 2. Syntax -- Chapter 3. Word Choice -- Chapter 4. Sound Play and Word Play -- Chapter 5. Rhythm -- Chapter 6. The Language of Dialogue -- Suggested Readings -- Index -- A Note on the Type restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star An award-winning biblical translator reflects on the art of capturing the literary power of the Bible in EnglishIn this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translation over the two decades he spent completing his own English version of the Hebrew Bible.Alter's literary training gave him the advantage of seeing that a translation of the Bible can convey the text's meaning only by trying to capture the powerful and subtle literary style of the biblical Hebrew, something the modern English versions don't do justice to. The Bible's style, Alter writes, "is not some sort of aesthetic embellishment of the 'message' of Scripture but the vital medium through which the biblical vision of God, human nature, history, politics, society, and moral value is conveyed." And, as the translators of the King James Version knew, the authority of the Bible is inseparable from its literary authority.For these reasons, the Bible can be brought to life in English only by re-creating its literary virtuosity, and Alter discusses the principal aspects of style in the Hebrew Bible that any translator should try to reproduce: word choice, syntax, word play and sound play, rhythm, and dialogue. In the process, he provides an illuminating and accessible introduction to biblical style that also offers insights about the art of translation far beyond the Bible. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021) Hebrew language. RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig. Stud., Jewish Stud.2019 English 9783110610741 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Relig. Studies, Jewish Studies 2019 9783110606508 ZDB-23-DGF print 9780691181493 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691189253?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691189253 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691189253.jpg |
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