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Cover: 9780521771009 | A Textual History of the King James Bible | David Norton | Buch | 2011
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A Textual History of the King James Bible
Buch von David Norton
Sprache: Englisch

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David Norton has recently re-edited the King James Bible for Cambridge University and this book arises from his intensive work on that project. He reveals here how the text of the most important Bible in the English language was made, and how it was changed by printers and editors until it became the text we know today in 1769. Using material as diverse as the manuscripts of the original translators, and the results of extensive computer collation of electronically held texts, Norton has produced a scholarly edition of the King James Bible that will restore the authority of the 1611 translation. This book includes the bible's fascinating background, Norton's editorial principles and substantial lists and tables of variant readings. It will be indispensable to scholars of the English Bible, literature, and publishing history. A website with additional resources ([...] will be available one month prior to publication.
David Norton has recently re-edited the King James Bible for Cambridge University and this book arises from his intensive work on that project. He reveals here how the text of the most important Bible in the English language was made, and how it was changed by printers and editors until it became the text we know today in 1769. Using material as diverse as the manuscripts of the original translators, and the results of extensive computer collation of electronically held texts, Norton has produced a scholarly edition of the King James Bible that will restore the authority of the 1611 translation. This book includes the bible's fascinating background, Norton's editorial principles and substantial lists and tables of variant readings. It will be indispensable to scholars of the English Bible, literature, and publishing history. A website with additional resources ([...] will be available one month prior to publication.
Über den Autor
David Norton is Reader in English at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the author of A History of the Bible as Literature, 2 vols (CUP, 1993; revised and condensed as A History of the English Bible as Literature, 2000).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. The History: 1. Making the text; 2. Pre-1611 evidence for the text; 3. The first edition; 4. The King's printer at work, 1612-17; 5. Correcting and corrupting the text, 1629-1760; 6. Setting the standard, 1762-9; 7. The current text; Part II. The New Edition: 8. Variants and orthography; 9. Punctuation and other matters; Appendices 1-9.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780521771009
ISBN-10: 0521771005
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Norton, David
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 260 x 183 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: David Norton
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2011
Gewicht: 0,945 kg
Artikel-ID: 102405742
Über den Autor
David Norton is Reader in English at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the author of A History of the Bible as Literature, 2 vols (CUP, 1993; revised and condensed as A History of the English Bible as Literature, 2000).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. The History: 1. Making the text; 2. Pre-1611 evidence for the text; 3. The first edition; 4. The King's printer at work, 1612-17; 5. Correcting and corrupting the text, 1629-1760; 6. Setting the standard, 1762-9; 7. The current text; Part II. The New Edition: 8. Variants and orthography; 9. Punctuation and other matters; Appendices 1-9.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780521771009
ISBN-10: 0521771005
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Norton, David
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 260 x 183 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: David Norton
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2011
Gewicht: 0,945 kg
Artikel-ID: 102405742
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