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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521880289
ISBN-139780521880282
eBay Product ID (ePID)59947450
Product Key Features
Number of Pages334 Pages
Publication NameFirst English Bible : the Text and Context of the Wycliffite Versions
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectReligious, General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
TypeTextbook
AuthorMary Dove
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Bibles
SeriesCambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight23.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-271043
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsReview of the hardback: 'Considerably more manuscripts survive of [the Wycliffite Bible] in whole or in part (c.250) ... than of any other Middle English text. This already gives good reason to welcome this new study, the first book-length treatment for nearly 90 years. But more than that, Dove's approach, detail and scholarship make this an authoritative volume.' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 'Considerably more manuscripts survive of [the Wycliffite Bible] in whole or in part (c.250) ... than of any other Middle English text. This already gives good reason to welcome this new study, the first book-length treatment for nearly 90 years. But more than that, Dove's approach, detail and scholarship make this an authoritative volume.' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Review of the hardback: 'This beautifully-written, useful and learned book by Mary Dove takes stock of the scholarship to date and looks at all the textual, linguistic and interpretative questions afresh in the light of the considerable manuscript evidence.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Review of the hardback: 'Considerably more manuscripts survive of [the Wycliffite Bible] in whole or in part (c.250) … than of any other Middle English text. This already gives good reason to welcome this new study, the first book-length treatment for nearly 90 years. But more than that, Dove's approach, detail and scholarship make this an authoritative volume.' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 'This beautifully-written, useful and learned book by Mary Dove takes stock of the scholarship to date and looks at all the textual, linguistic and interpretative questions afresh in the light of the considerable manuscript evidence.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 66
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal220.5/201
Table Of ContentPreface; 1. The Bible debate; 2. Censorship; 3. The translators; 4. The Canonical Scriptures; 5. The English prologues; 6. The text; 7. The effects; Appendix 1. Contents of the Wycliffite Bible; Appendix 2. Additions and select emendations to the text of LV in WB; Appendix 3. Textual scholarship: select readings; Appendix 4. Descriptions of select Wycliffite Bible manuscripts; Bibliography; Index of manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible; General index.
SynopsisIn the first study of the Wycliffite Bible for nearly a century, Mary Dove takes the reader through every step of the conception, design and execution of the first English Bible. Wyclif's work initiated a tradition of scholarly, stylish and thoughtful biblical translation, and remains a major cultural landmark., The Bible was translated into English for the first time in the late 1300s by John Wyclif and his supporters. In the first study of the Wycliffite Bible for nearly a century, Mary Dove explains why people wanted an English translation, why many clergy opposed the idea, and why the Church's attempt to censor the translation was unsuccessful. Based on intensive study of the surviving manuscripts, Dove takes the reader through every step of the conception, design and execution of the first English Bible. Illuminating examples are included at every point, and textual analyses and a complete listing of surviving manuscripts are appended. Despite the meagre and inadequate resources with which the Wycliffites carried through their enormous enterprise, and the disagreements and changes of direction it involved, Dove demonstrates that the first English Bible initiated a tradition of scholarly, stylish and thoughtful biblical translation, and remains a major cultural landmark.
LC Classification NumberBS136
