Lost in Translation Recovering the Origins of Familiar Biblical Words

Two millennia of time, translation, and interpretation mean that what we read and understand in English today is often very different from what the Hebrew would have meant to the Bible's authors and earliest readers. This book recovers those original meanings and explores their relevance for today.

About the author

Joel S. Baden is professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of, among other books, The Composition of the Pentateuch (Yale, 2012), The Historical David (HarperOne, 2013), and The Book of Exodus: A Biography (Princeton, 2019).

Product details

• Authors: Joel S Baden, Joel S. Baden
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.08.2025
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious
• EAN: 9781506497105
• ISBN: 978-1-5064-9710-5
• Pages: 176