Understanding English Bible translation
Subtitle: the case for an essentially literal approach
By: Leland Ryken.
Publisher: Crossway Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433502798
Subjects: Bible -- Translating; Bible; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Overview of issues; title: Understanding English Bible translation; title: Questions and answers about English Bible translation; title: Part II: The story of English Bible translation; title: Laying the foundation; title: Building on the foundation; title: Building on another foundation; title: Part III: The two main genres of Modern English Bible translation; title: Divergent goals for Bible translation; title: Divergent views of the Bible; title: Divergent views of the Bible's authors, readers, and translators; title: Divergent methods of translation; title: Divergent styles for an English Bible; title: Part IV: The ideal English Bible translation; title: Fullness rather than reductionism; title: Transparency to the original text; title: Preserving the literary qualities of the Bible; title: Part V: The Bible in the church; title: Oral reading of the Bible; title: The need for a translation that people can trust and respect; title: Teaching and preaching from the Bible.