The Modern Arabic Bible: Translation, Dissemination and Literary Impact
By Rana Issa
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By Rana Issa
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This innovative study compares nineteenthcentury Arabic translations of the Bible to determine how it emerged as a foundational text of Arab modernity. Bible translation gained global traction through the work of Anglophone Christian missionaries, who made an attempt at synchronising translated Bibles in world languages by laying down strict guidelines and supervising the processes of translation and dissemination. By engaging with the intellectual beginnings of two local translators, Butr...


