The Social Universe of the English Bible
Scripture, Society, and Culture in Early Modern England
Seiten
2010
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-76971-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-76971-6 (ISBN)
How can we explain the immense popularity of the English Bible? In this book, Naomi Tadmor argues that the Anglicisation of the Bible was central to its influence and explores how biblical terms of social description were translated and then disseminated in turn in early modern society and culture.
How can we explain the immense popularity of the English Bible? In this book, Naomi Tadmor argues that the vernacular Bible became so influential in early modern English society and culture not only because it was deeply revered, widely propagated, and resonant, but also because it was - at least in some ways - Anglicised. She focuses in particular on the rendering into English of biblical terms of social description and demonstrates the emergence of a social universe through the processes of translation from ancient and medieval texts to successive and interrelated English versions. She investigates the dissemination of these terms in early modern society and culture, focusing on community ties, gender and labour relations, and offices of state. The result is an important contribution to the history of the English Bible, biblical translations, and to early modern English history more generally.
How can we explain the immense popularity of the English Bible? In this book, Naomi Tadmor argues that the vernacular Bible became so influential in early modern English society and culture not only because it was deeply revered, widely propagated, and resonant, but also because it was - at least in some ways - Anglicised. She focuses in particular on the rendering into English of biblical terms of social description and demonstrates the emergence of a social universe through the processes of translation from ancient and medieval texts to successive and interrelated English versions. She investigates the dissemination of these terms in early modern society and culture, focusing on community ties, gender and labour relations, and offices of state. The result is an important contribution to the history of the English Bible, biblical translations, and to early modern English history more generally.
Naomi Tadmor is a Professor in the Department of History at Lancaster University.
Introduction; 1. Friends and neighbours in early modern England: biblical translations and social norms; 2. Women and wives: the language of marriage in early modern English biblical translations; 3. Slaves and servants: a Bible for freeborn Englishmen; 4. Prince, captain, lord, duke, and eunuch: the making of the English biblical polity; Conclusion; Select bibliography.
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-76971-X / 052176971X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-76971-6 / 9780521769716 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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