In discordance with the Scriptures : American Protestant battles over translating the Bible / Peter J. Thuesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thuesen, Peter Johannes, 1971- author.

Series:

Religion in America series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Religion in America series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Translating.

Bible--English--Versions.

Bible--United States--History.

Protestant churches--United States--Doctrines.

Protestant churches.

Local Subjects:

Bible--Translating.

Bible--English--Versions.

Bible--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; 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

Epilogue: Virginity Lost, Virginity Regained? Translation and Scripturalism Since 1965Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773958-X

1-280-53037-5

0-19-535194-0

1-4294-0471-X

OCLC:

476007933