James Curtis Hepburn and the Translation of the New Testament into Japanese

This study focuses on the role of James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911), the pioneer Presbyterian missionary doctor in Japan and a lexicographer who gave his name to the standard form of transliteration of Japanese into English, in the translation of the New Testament into Japanese. Hepburn’s earlier exp...

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Main Author: Ion, Hamish (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Social sciences and missions
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-85
Further subjects:B Translation language publication missions Protestantism China Japan proscription
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