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The Bible as Literature: Translations and Interpretations  
Issues scholars must consider when they translate, study, or teach the Bible. The issues one scholar faced in translating the Old Testament; the variety of ancient languages. How interpretations of the Bible changed during the Renaissance. The development of the concept of the Bible as literature. The difference in the literary, historical, and theological views of the Gospels.
Program 9
  Participants
Robert Alter
Steven Knapp
Debora Shuger

 

 
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