The Word
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Throughout history, most Jewish and Christian believers have understood scripture not in the languages in which it was first written but rather in their own—in...
Published By Basic Books
Format Hardback
Category
Number Of Pages 368
Publication Date 05/02/2023
ISBN 9781541603684
Dimensions 6.4 inches x 9.55 inches
“The Word fully displays John Barton’s great gift for explaining complicated things lucidly and judiciously. He addresses the challenges facing all Bible translators, showing that every translation must be judged by the purposes for which it is framed and the community it addresses, persuasively demonstrating why there can never be one definitive translation of the Bible.” —Robert Alter, award-winning translator of the Hebrew Bible
“A thorough mapping of the translator’s terrain…erudite and even-tempered.”
—Washington Free Beacon
“[Barton] has a good eye for the sort of detail that carries readers with him into what might be unfamiliar territory.…The joy of The Word isn’t reaching its final conclusion, but the unexpected journey itself, told so well that it will engage those who have never set foot in churches as readily as the faithful in the pews.”—The Sunday Times (UK)
“Sage and measured, scholarly but accessible.”—Spectator (UK)
“Barton is one of our leading historians of religion.… [The Word is] a book bejeweled with insight and erudition and compassion.”—Scotsman