Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Series Editor’s Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1 The Missionary Bible
- 2 Bible Competition
- 3 Standardising Arabic
- 4 Butrus al-Bustani as Translator
- 5 Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq’s Bible as Literature
- Conclusion: In the Beginning was Translation
- Bibliography
- Index
List of Figures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Series Editor’s Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1 The Missionary Bible
- 2 Bible Competition
- 3 Standardising Arabic
- 4 Butrus al-Bustani as Translator
- 5 Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq’s Bible as Literature
- Conclusion: In the Beginning was Translation
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Modern Arabic BibleTranslation, Dissemination and Literary Impact, pp. viPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2023