{"product_id":"the-first-testament-a-new-translation-hardcover","title":"The First Testament: A New Translation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Goldingay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwash in a sea of Bible translations, do we need yet another?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost translations bend the text toward us. They make the rough places smooth, the odd bits more palatable to our modern sensibilities. In every translation something is gained and something lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe First Testament: A New Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, John Goldingay interrupts our sleepy familiarity with the Old Testament. He sets our expectations off balance by inviting us to hear the strange accent of theHebrew text. We encounter the sinewed cadences of the Hebrew Bible, its tics and its textures. Translating words consistently, word by word, allows us to hear resonances and see the subtle figures stitched into the textual carpet. In a day of white-bread renderings of the Bible, here is a nine-grain translation with no sugar or additives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe First Testament\u003c\/i\u003e the language of Zion comes to us unbaptized in pious religiosity. Familiar terms such as salvation, righteousness, and holiness are avoided. We cock our ears to listen more carefully, to catch the intonations and features we had not caught before: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Yahweh said to Abram, 'Get yourself from your country, from your homeland, and from your father's household, to the country that I shall enable you to see, and I shall make you into a big nation. I shall bless you and make your name big and you'll become a blessing.\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Gen 12:1-2)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Hey, you who wish \u003cbr\u003efor Yahweh's day. \u003cbr\u003eWhat good reallyis Yahweh's day to you?-- \u003cbr\u003eit will be darkness, not light.\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Amos 5:18)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"My shepherd being Yahweh, I don't lack; \u003cbr\u003ehe enables me to lie down in grassy pastures. \u003cbr\u003eHe leads me to settled water; \u003cbr\u003ehe turns my life back.\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Ps 23:1-3)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Testament\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to read the sacred text through the eyes of one of the most accomplished Old Testament scholars in the English-speaking world today. With introductions to each book, it is an attractive translation for the classroom as much as for personal study and enjoyment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Goldingay (PhD, University of Nottingham; DD, Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth) is senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary and lives in Oxford, England. His many books include \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to the Old Testament\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Reader's Guide to the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBiblical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, the three-volume \u003ci\u003eOld Testament Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, and the seventeen-volume Old Testament for Everyone series. He has also published his translation the entire Hebrew Bible as \u003ci\u003eThe First Testament\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Church of England minister, and now that he is back in England likes walking by the Thames, rediscovering English food, worshiping in Christ Church Cathedral, and relearning British English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 942\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47944535113976,"sku":"9780830851997","price":76.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/Wa1OzuKj969780830851997.webp?v=1782904692","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-first-testament-a-new-translation-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}