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Author Kraus, Helen (Helen Marjorie)

Title Gender issues in ancient and Reformation translations of Genesis 1-4 / Helen Kraus
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 242 pages)
Series Oxford theological monographs
Oxford theological monographs.
Contents The problem of translation -- The Hebrew text -- The Septuagint : the story of Andrew and Zoe -- Jerome and the Latin Vulgate -- Women and marriage in Reformation Europe -- Luther's German Bible -- An English Bible or a Bible in English : William Tyndale, Hebrew scholarship and the Authorized Version -- The Dutch state translation : a declaration of independence -- Some synoptic observations -- Summary and conclusion
Summary This study looks at the representation of gender issues in 'Genesis' 1-4 in five influential translations from the Hebrew original. Each chapter contains a textual analysis section that provides detailed and clearly structured analysis of specific verses
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and indexes
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Genesis -- Translating -- History
Bible. Genesis. fast (OCoLC)fst01808046
Subject Sex role -- Biblical teaching
Gender identity in the Bible.
Gender identity in the Bible.
Sex role -- Biblical teaching.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Judaism.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Form Electronic book