Idioms in the Bible Explained and a Key to the Original Gospel

Name: Idioms in the Bible Explained and a Key to the Original Gospel
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ISBN: 9780060649272

ISBN-10: 0060649275

ISBN-13: 9780060649272

Edition: 1985

Authors: George M. Lamsa

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World-renowned Bible translator and commentator George M. Lamsa explains nearly one thousand crucial idioms that will enrich reading of the Old and New Testaments for students and general reader alike. Lamsa, who was raised speaking Aramaic in a community that followed customs largely unchanged since the times of Christ, offers fresh, accurate translations of important idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech found in the Scripture--and provides clear explanations of their meaning of biblical context. Just as Shakespeare, Milton, and Browning wrote in the vernacular for English-speaking people, Moses the prophets, and the apostles wrote for their own people in the plain language of their…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/23/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 8.94" wide x 6.14" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

George M. Lamsa brings to this work a lifetime of scholarship and translation of the Eastern manuscripts of the Bible. He was raised in Assyria; during his lifetime he translated The Holy Bible from the Aramaic of the Peshitta and authored over twenty books illuminating the original meaning of Scripture.