The Bible in China: The History of the Union Version or the Culmination of Protestant Missionary Bible Translation in China

The Bible in China: The History of the Union Version or the Culmination of Protestant Missionary Bible Translation in China

Author
Jost Oliver Zetzsche
Publisher
Institut Monumenta Serica
Language
English
Year
1999
Page
474
ISBN
3805004338,9783805004336
File Type
pdf
File Size
15.2 MiB

The Union Version, China's preeminent and most widely used translation of the Bible, had achieved the status of a sacred Chinese classic within the Chinese Church not long after its publication in 1919. Jost Zetzsche's monograph on this remarkable translation traces the historical and linguistic background that led to the decision to translate the Union Version, with detailed analyses of the translation efforts that preceeded it. Special attention is given to the cooperation and confrontation among Protestant denominations as well as the rising prominence of the Chinese translators as these groups attempted to form a cohesive translation of the Bible. This is set against the background of the development of the Chinese language during the 30-year translation process, both in the perception of the translators and in the country at large.

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