Semantic Voids, New Testament Translation, and Anachronism

This essay addresses the problem of theologically-inflected English translation choices of the New Testament, and how those translations come to bear in theologically disinterested scholarship on Christian beginnings. As a case study I examine the ubiquitous rendering of ekklesia as “church” in Paul...

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Main Author: Eyl, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 26, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 315-339
Further subjects:B Translation theory Paul ekklesia church New Testament anachronism ideology
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