Translating the Bible
Subtitle: the Ethiopic version of the Old Testament
By: Michael A. Knibb.
Contributors: British Academy.
Series: The Schweich lectures of the British Academy ;; 1995; Schweich lectures ;; 1995.
Publisher: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Bible -- Translating.; Bible. O.T. -- Translating.; Ethiopic language -- Translating.
Description: These Schweich Lectures tackle the origin, history and character of the Ethiopic translation of the Old Testament. This version is important in terms of its influence on Ethopian life and culture, and as a daughter version of the Greek Old Testament.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-129) and indexes.