The Impact of Biblical Accents on English Translations of the Bible
The aim of this article is to find out whether English Bible translations are consistent with or in conflict with the understanding predicated by biblical accents. Twenty-one translations were chosen to focus on seven verses from the three poetical books, Psalms, Job, and Proverbs. Those verses can...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2013
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| In: |
The Bible translator
Year: 2013, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 254-265 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ta‘amei Emet
B English Translation B poetical books B Masoretic accents B Bible Translation |
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| Summary: | The aim of this article is to find out whether English Bible translations are consistent with or in conflict with the understanding predicated by biblical accents. Twenty-one translations were chosen to focus on seven verses from the three poetical books, Psalms, Job, and Proverbs. Those verses can illuminate different aspects of the rules of verse division and the rules of the Ta‘amei Emet accentuation system. The few examples provide evidence that Bible translators, even of Jewish translations, did not pay great attention to the biblical accents. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-6789 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Bible translator
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2051677013508365 |