| A Restless Search: A History of Persian Translations of the Bible Contributor(s): Thomas, Kenneth J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1944092005 ISBN-13: 9781944092009 Publisher: Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Persian - History | Middle East - Iran - Religion | Biblical Reference - Language Study |
| LCCN: 2017304181 |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6" W x 9" (1.83 lbs) 574 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Restless Search: A History of Persian Translations of the Bible is a philological and linguistic analysis of Persian translations and a call for interfaith cooperation. Thomas appraises biblical translation efforts through eight periods of Persian history-from the fifth century into the twenty-first-during which successive translators and groups of translators, sometimes of different faiths, worked to reshape and refine versions of the Bible in the supple Persian language of their times. He demonstrates how literary style, vocabulary, and word choice were vexed by lack of a standard Persian vocabulary for key biblical terms. Thomas supplies technical analyses and overviews of Persian biblical translations. In addition, he incorporates research by literary scholar Ali-Asghar Aghbar on the stylistics of three major Persian biblical translations. |