The paper first presents the translation of Hebrew Genesis entitled At the Start... Genesis Made New. The new version belongs to the field of ethno-poetics. It intends to take today＇s listener/reader back in time by ...The paper first presents the translation of Hebrew Genesis entitled At the Start... Genesis Made New. The new version belongs to the field of ethno-poetics. It intends to take today＇s listener/reader back in time by capturing the characteristics of the original Hebrew and expressing them through the medium of modern English. If translations may be said to reflect archaeological layers of social history, At the Start... Genesis Made New attempts to dig down with the purpose of reaching the deepest layer： critical analysis of terminology in the Garden of Eden story provides insights into the primitive Hebrew society that invented this particular myth more than 3,000 years ago. The paper also looks at the same story as translated in the Revised Standard Version, first published as the Authorised Version or King James Bible in 1661, and The New English Bible published in 1961. Different world views characteristic of European society in recent centuries colours the understanding of the biblical text. The translations are affected in consequence. A comparison between the versions is revealing…展开更多
■(hāpēs)是动词。这个词以及它的同源字在《旧约》中出现了123次。各英文圣经译本翻译得比较相近。在《新修订标准译本》(N. R. S. V.)中是译为delighted in,在《耶路撒冷圣经》(J. B.)中是译为loves,在《现代英文译本》(T. E. V.)...■(hāpēs)是动词。这个词以及它的同源字在《旧约》中出现了123次。各英文圣经译本翻译得比较相近。在《新修订标准译本》(N. R. S. V.)中是译为delighted in,在《耶路撒冷圣经》(J. B.)中是译为loves,在《现代英文译本》(T. E. V.)中是译为pleased with。根据《布朗希英大辞典》和《考勒圣经原文辞典》,■的语根在古亚兰语中有"热心的"、"热切的"之意;而在古阿拉伯语中则有"敬重"、"留心"、"保守"和"展开更多
文摘The paper first presents the translation of Hebrew Genesis entitled At the Start... Genesis Made New. The new version belongs to the field of ethno-poetics. It intends to take today＇s listener/reader back in time by capturing the characteristics of the original Hebrew and expressing them through the medium of modern English. If translations may be said to reflect archaeological layers of social history, At the Start... Genesis Made New attempts to dig down with the purpose of reaching the deepest layer： critical analysis of terminology in the Garden of Eden story provides insights into the primitive Hebrew society that invented this particular myth more than 3,000 years ago. The paper also looks at the same story as translated in the Revised Standard Version, first published as the Authorised Version or King James Bible in 1661, and The New English Bible published in 1961. Different world views characteristic of European society in recent centuries colours the understanding of the biblical text. The translations are affected in consequence. A comparison between the versions is revealing…
文摘■(hāpēs)是动词。这个词以及它的同源字在《旧约》中出现了123次。各英文圣经译本翻译得比较相近。在《新修订标准译本》(N. R. S. V.)中是译为delighted in,在《耶路撒冷圣经》(J. B.)中是译为loves,在《现代英文译本》(T. E. V.)中是译为pleased with。根据《布朗希英大辞典》和《考勒圣经原文辞典》,■的语根在古亚兰语中有"热心的"、"热切的"之意;而在古阿拉伯语中则有"敬重"、"留心"、"保守"和"
