The modern Arabic Bible : translation, dissemination and literary impact / Rana Issa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Issa, Rana, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.

Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Arabic--Versions--History.

Bible.

Bible--Translating.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This innovative study compares 19th-century Arabic translations of the Bible to determine how it emerged as a foundational text of Arab modernity.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 4, 2023).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Issa, Rana The Modern Arabic Bible

ISBN:

9781474467186

1474467180

9781474467179

1474467172

OCLC:

1368054968