UID:
almafu_9961127377402883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4744-6718-0
,
1-4744-6717-2
Series Statement:
Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature
Content:
This innovative study compares 19th-century Arabic translations of the Bible to determine how it emerged as a foundational text of Arab modernity.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2023.
,
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Missionary Bible -- 2 Bible Competition -- 3 Standardising Arabic -- 4 Butrus al-Bustani as Translator -- 5 Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq's Bible as Literature -- Conclusion: In the Beginning was Translation -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Issa, Rana The Modern Arabic Bible Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2022
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781474467179
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781474467179/type/BOOK
