From acclaimed scholar Willis Barnstone, The RestoredNew Testament -- newly translated from the Greek andinformed by Semitic sources.
In his monumental new translation and restructuring of the NewTestament, Willis Barnstone, the distinguished literary translator,prize-winning poet, and biblical scholar, has sought to rediscoverthe character of the Bible, the most read and influential book inthe world. His translation is both fresh and faithful, seeking tobring back the plain, lyrical, narrative speech of the originalGreek. Barnstone also has restored the original Greek, Aramaic, andHebrew forms of names (Markos for Mark, Yeshua for Jesus, Yaakovfor James, Galil for Galilee), thereby revealing the Greco-Jewishidentity of key biblical figures and their geography. He treats thetext as a work of literature, and invokes historical and biblicalscholarship to revise the canonical selection and traditionalsequence of texts.
Heavily annotated and including a general study and thoroughintroductions to each book, The Restored New Testament givesa pioneering and powerful literary version of scripture.
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