The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation

The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation
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Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781589833470
ISBN-13 : 1589833473
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Book Synopsis The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation by : Dietmar Neufeld

Download or read book The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation written by Dietmar Neufeld and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2008 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is an ancient book, written in a language other than English, describing social and cultural situations incongruent with modern sensibilities. To help readers bridge these gaps, this work examines the translation and interpretation of a set of biblical texts from the perspectives of cultural anthropology and the social sciences. The introduction deals with methodological issues, enabling readers to recognize the differences in translation when words, sentences, and ideas are part of ancient social and cultural systems that shape meaning. The following essays demonstrate how Bible translations can be culturally sensitive, take into account the challenge of social distance, and avoid the dangers of ethnocentric and theological myopia. As a whole, this work shows the importance of making use of the insights of cultural anthropology in an age of ever-increasing manipulation of the biblical text. --From publisher's description.


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