The Interpretation Of The Bible: The International Symposium In Slovenia

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This unique volume, nearly 2000 pages in length and handsomely printed on Bible paper, is perhaps the most comprehensive scholarly work of our time on the translation and interpretation of the Bible. At its core are papers presented to an international symposium in Ljubljana in September 1996 to mark the publication of the new Slovenian version of the Bible, a landmark in Slovene identity and cultural life. In addition, its distinguished editor, Joze Krasovec, has commissioned a wide range of contributions devoted to translations of the Bible in many languages, including the Slavonic languages, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and the Scandinavian languages. The 82 chapters in this work, mostly in English, are divided into three parts. Part I, on ancient translations and hermeneutics of the Bible, contains contributions by M.-E. Boismard, S.P. Brock, K.J. Cathcart, R.P. Gordon, L.J. Grech, M. Hengel, O. Keel, J. Lust, E. Tov and others, with a notable comprehensive bibliographic survey of oriental Bible translations from the first millennium by M. van Esbroeck. Part II, on Slavonic and other translations of the Bible, includes the first detailed study of the history of the Slavonic Bible, by Francis J. Thomson (over 300 pp.). Part III, with essays by such scholars as J.H. Charlesworth, D.J.A. Clines, J. Gnilka, M. Grg, N. Lohfink and A.C. Thiselton, concerns the interpretation of the Bible in translation, philosophy, theology, art and music. In an appendix, a complete list of printed Bibles in languages throughout the world is presented for the first time.

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• Series: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement 289

• Year: 1,999

• Pages: iv+1909

• Pages In File: 1,914

• Language: English

• Topic: 205

• Identifier: 1850759693, 9781850759690

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• Toc: The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia......Page 4 Contents......Page 16 Preface......Page 32 Addresses......Page 44 Welcome Addresses: At the Reception......Page 46 Welcome Addresses: At the Beginning of the Symposium......Page 62 Festal Address: On the Occasion of the Presentation of the New Slovenian Translation of the Bible......Page 74 Final Addresses: At the Closing Ceremony......Page 82 Opening of the Exhibition "Bibles in Slovenia"......Page 100 Conferment of State Decoration on Jože Krašovec......Page 112 Contributions......Page 122 I. Ancient Translations and Hermeneutics of the Bible......Page 124 1. Background......Page 126 2. Technique of Denoting Sense Divisions in Hebrew Manuscripts......Page 127 3. Background and Meaning of the Sense Divisions in Hebrew Manuscripts......Page 134 4. Differences in Sense Divisions between Parallel Manuscripts of a Composition......Page 136 5. Personal Preference of Scribes in the Indication of Sense Divisions......Page 137 6. Sense Divisions and the Division into Verses......Page 141 7. Origin of the Division into