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In Discordance with the Scriptures : American Protestant Battles Over Translating the Bible.

The 19th-century American Bible revision movement's goal was the uniting of English-speaking Protestants behind one improved version of the Bible. Ironically, this resulted in a proliferation of English editions and an enduring polarization of American Christians over versions of holy writ.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thuesen, Peter J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction: Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword: The Bible in Modern American Protestantism; 1. The Blood of the Martyr: History, Hagiography, and the Consecration of the English Bible; 2. Coronation of "King Truth": Bible Revision and the Late-Nineteenth-Century Imagination; 3. Scripture for the Ecumenical Church: Liberal Protestants and the Making of the RSV Bible; 4. The Great RSV Controversy: Bible-Burning, Red-Hunting, and the Strange Specter of Unholy Scripture; 5. The Virgin Text: Evangelicals and Liberals in the Quest for an Undefiled Book.