Yes, “welter and waste” — more on that later. Most full translations of the Bible are done by teams of translators. Alter is the first person to complete a major English-language translation ...

The oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament ... Many Jewish and pagan converts obtained their first knowledge of the Bible through the Septuagint. 2. Old Latin. Since the Christians ...

His article "The Past as Destiny" will appear in the October issue of the Harvard Theological Review The Origins of the Hebrew Bible and Its ... Philo's Biblical Antiquities (first century CE ...

The King James Version of the Bible was first published in 1611. Its literary brilliance is well known and its words and phrases have had a unique influence on the English language. Four hundred years ...

To trace its history, Gordon says, is “an attempt at the impossible.” His attempt looks at everything from the first texts of ...

Both were published in 1567 meaning that religion was now available in Welsh for the first time ... was the translation’s cultural significance. The translation of the Bible gave great ...

Walters said he wanted to distribute a Bible "free from commentary ... New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), first published ...

is the first major update to the JPS translation of the Tanakh in nearly 40 years. So far, only the books comprising the Prophets, the Hebrew Bible’s second section, are available on Sefaria.