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ISBN: 9780393064933
Year: 2010
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 1152
Description:
From acclaimed scholar Willis Barnstone, The Restored
New Testament -- newly translated from the Greek and
informed by Semitic sources.
In his monumental new translation and restructuring of the New
Testament, Willis Barnstone, the distinguished literary translator,
prize-winning poet, and biblical scholar, has sought to rediscover
the character of the Bible, the most read and influential book in
the world. His translation is both fresh and faithful, seeking to
bring back the plain, lyrical, narrative speech of the original
Greek. Barnstone also has restored the original Greek, Aramaic, and
Hebrew forms of names (Markos for Mark, Yeshua for Jesus, Yaakov
for James, Galil for Galilee), thereby revealing the Greco-Jewish
identity of key biblical figures and their geography. He treats the
text as a work of literature, and invokes historical and biblical
scholarship to revise the canonical selection and traditional
sequence of texts.
Heavily annotated and including a general study and thorough
introductions to each book, The Restored New Testament gives
a pioneering and powerful literary version of scripture.
ISBN: 9780393064933
Year: 2010
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 1152
Description:
From acclaimed scholar Willis Barnstone, The Restored
New Testament -- newly translated from the Greek and
informed by Semitic sources.
In his monumental new translation and restructuring of the New
Testament, Willis Barnstone, the distinguished literary translator,
prize-winning poet, and biblical scholar, has sought to rediscover
the character of the Bible, the most read and influential book in
the world. His translation is both fresh and faithful, seeking to
bring back the plain, lyrical, narrative speech of the original
Greek. Barnstone also has restored the original Greek, Aramaic, and
Hebrew forms of names (Markos for Mark, Yeshua for Jesus, Yaakov
for James, Galil for Galilee), thereby revealing the Greco-Jewish
identity of key biblical figures and their geography. He treats the
text as a work of literature, and invokes historical and biblical
scholarship to revise the canonical selection and traditional
sequence of texts.
Heavily annotated and including a general study and thorough
introductions to each book, The Restored New Testament gives
a pioneering and powerful literary version of scripture.