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Chargement... The Apocrypha: An American Translation (1938)par Edgar J. Goodspeed
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The Apocrypha consists of the books that are found in the Greek version of the Jewish Bible--the Septuagint, the earliest complete version of the Bible we possess--but that were not included in the final, canonical version of the Hebrew Bible. For this reason, they were called "Apocrypha," the hidden or secret books, and while they formed part of the original King James version of 1611, they are no longer included in modern Bibles. Yet they include such important works as The First Book of Maccabees, the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, and the stories of Susanna, Tobit, and Judith, and other works of great importance for the history of the Jews in the period between the rebuilding of the Temple and the time of Jesus, and thus for the background of the New Testament. These works have also had a remarkable impact on writers and artists. Beyond this, they are often as powerful as anything in the canonical Bible.The translation into contemporary English is by Edgar J. Goodspeed. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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So that means whatever your beliefs, they were a huge part of Western culture for well over a millennium. That's why I think anyone of whatever faith (or no faith) should have a copy--just as they should have the Hebrew Bible, The New Testament, the Koran, the Upanishads, the Tao Te Ching, etc. I'm not sure how Jews view the Apocrypha. I understand they're not included in Jewish Bibles, but you won't find the basis for Chanukah in the Hebrew Bible, but in The Books of the Maccabees that are in the Apocrypha. It's funny, I was raised a Catholic, but these stories weren't really familiar to me before reading this. Maybe because American culture is of a Protestant stamp and they disfavor them. My copy is subtitled "An American Translation" and reads as colloquial and flowing rather than some attempt to be archaic. On that regard I found a fascinating and very useful review of this book on Amazon that gives a lot of the context of this translation of the book you can't find within it. Link below:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R152944Q9DY6VO/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0... ( )