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Studies in the Psalms: Literary-Structural Analysis with Application to Translation
Contributor(s): Wendland, Ernst R. (Author), Merwe, Christo Van Der (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1556714017     ISBN-13: 9781556714016
Publisher: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Academic Pub
OUR PRICE:   $44.06  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament
- Poetry | Ancient & Classical
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting
Series: Publications in Translation and Textlinguistics
Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6" W x 9" (1.65 lbs) 568 pages
 
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Understanding Biblical Hebrew poetry is a formidable task and the complexity rises exponentially when attempting translation. This collection of studies examines both the analysis of select Psalms and their translation into English and a Bantu language. Wendland uses his "literary functional equivalence" (LiFE) approach to translation to discuss parallelism, chiastic structures, and other aspects of Hebrew discourse in poetry, and how these are manifested on both the micro- and macro-levels of a particular Psalm.

Readers of this volume will
- better appreciate the beauty and power of the Psalms with their diverse artistic and rhetorical features,
- be able to develop their own method of investigating biblical poetry,
- understand how to apply analytical insights to the practice of translation, and
- evaluate translation techniques in published Scripture versions.

This book gives analytic insights to translators, researchers, or commentators on biblical poetry.

Contributor Bio(s): Wendland, Ernst R.: - Ernst R. Wendland (Ph.D., African Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin) is an instructor at Lusaka Lutheran Seminary and a dissertation examiner at the University of Zambia. A former United Bible Societies translation consultant, he now serves as Professor Extraordinary in the Centre for Bible Interpretation and Translation in Africa, Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University.