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United Bible Societies Catalog of Scholarly Editions and Other UBS Catalog of SCHOLARLY EDITIONS AND OTHER TRANSLATION ResOURCES 2008 A World Fellowship of Bible Societies www.biblesociety.org Contents United Bible Societies Contents INTRODUCTION 3 ORDERING AND PRICES 3 ABBREVIATIONS 4 BIBLICAL TEXTS 5 Hebrew Scriptures .......................................................................5 Greek Scriptures ..........................................................................9 Latin Texts ..................................................................................15 Slavonic Texts .............................................................................15 Syriac Texts .................................................................................15 HELPS FOR TRANSLATORS 17 UBS Handbooks .........................................................................17 UBS Technical Helps ..................................................................22 UBS Monographs .......................................................................24 Translation Principles and Skills ..............................................25 Bible Translation Journals ........................................................30 2 www.biblesociety.org Scholary Publications Introduction Introduction One of the distinctive characteristics of the United Bible Societies’ (UBS) translation program is its involvement in scholarly editions and helps for translators. Bible Society personnel have contributed significantly to the development of the theory and practice of translation, and have also provided a wide range of scholarly and practical tools for Bible translators. These materials are generally classified as “Helps for Translators.” These include theUBS Handbooks, the journal The Bible Translator, as well as other books that deal either with theory or practical things such as how to prepare Bible manuscripts indexes. Another facet of this program is the publication of scholarly editions. These include the Greek and Hebrew texts used by translators, and materials based on those texts, such as synopses of the four Gospels or Bible dictionaries. Work on these materials is sponsored by the Bible Societies, and often involves some Bible Society personnel, as well as other scholars. In most cases publication is by Bible Societies, although some of the materials have been handled by commercial publishers. All of this work is carried out with the express purpose of assisting the process of Bible translation. But the value of these materials is not limited to translators. Any teacher or student of biblical languages will find a number of Bible Society publications on his or her bookshelf. The Bible Societies are major developers and distributors of Greek and Hebrew texts. The scholarship that has gone into the editing and preparation of those texts is acknowledged as being the very finest, and thus scholars everywhere rely on our materials. We are finding, too, that theUBS Handbooks are useful to pastors, Bible students, Sunday School teachers, and others interested in knowing more about the Bible. The material is practical and yet scholarly. This catalog is a listing of publications that support the UBS translation program. Included are the scholarly editions of the source texts used for Scripture translation, and helps for translators. Ordering and Prices UBS publications may be obtained through your national Bible Society (click “Bible Societies by Area” on the home menu to find your Bible Society). Prices are not listed here because they will depend on shipping and handling costs of individual Bible Societies. A number of Bible Societies have online bookstores, including: American Bible Society online shop German Bible Society online shop Catalog 2008 3 Abbreviations United Bible Societies Some of the books in this catalog have been published for the Bible Societies by commercial publishers. You may follow these links to their websites: Academic Press Fribourg http://www.paulusedition.ch Acton Press http://www.acton.co.ke/ BIBAL http://www.dfscott.com Brill Academic Press http://www.brill.nl Eisenbrauns http://www.eisenbrauns.com SAIACS Press [email protected] SBL https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/bookselect.asp?PCS=SBL St. Jerome Press http://www.stjerome.co.uk Order numbers are prefaced with one or more of the following abbreviations, and are usually followed by the ISBN number(s). The order numbers may help your national Bible Society to locate the items requested. Abbreviations ABS American Bible Society AV Authorized (King James) Version BFBS British and Foreign Bible Society BSI Bible Society in Italy BSK Bible Society of Kenya BSSA Bible Society of South Africa CBS Canadian Bible Society FBS French Bible Society GBS German Bible Society ISR Bible Society in Israel NT New Testament OT Old Testament RV Revised Version RSV Revised Standard Version SBB Bible Society of Brazil UBS United Bible Societies 4 www.biblesociety.org Scholary Publications Biblical Texts Biblical Texts Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Hebrew Scriptures K. Elliger and W. Rudolph, editors. Biblia Hebraica Quinta in This edition of the Hebrew Bible is a revision of Kittel’s fascicles Biblia Hebraica, prepared by A. Schenker and others, editors. H. P. Rüger and numerous These are the first other scholars on the basis of fascicles of a new edition the St. Petersburg Public Library manuscript of Biblia Hebraica. The B19a, with a thorough revision of the whole edition should be Masoretic apparatus by G. completed by 2015. It E. Weil. The complete small is a diplomatic text of Masorah is printed in the the Leningrad Codex, margin, and an apparatus refers cited from new color the reader to the large Masorah, photographs. The large printed separately. There is a and small Masorah of foreword in German, English, the Leningrad Codex French, Spanish, and Latin. It are included. The layout of poetic texts also includes an English and German key to corresponds as closely as possible to the the Latin words and abbreviations. Masoretic accentuation. Indications of parallel 1967/77; 5th corrected printing prepared by texts are given on each page as necessary. A. Schenker, 1997. 1629 p. A single apparatus is found at the bottom of Cloth hardcover each page. Text-critical cases are generated 23.7 x 15.8 cm. and noted in the apparatus when a pre- GBS 5218 3438052180 Tiberian witness arguably, but not necessarily, witnesses a Hebrew text that differs from the Hardcover, with writing margin Tiberian text. Each book is accompanied by a 23.5 x 17.8 cm. commentary. GBS 5224 3438052247 23.7 x 15.8 Hardcover, pocket edition with a photo- Fascicle 5: Deuteronomy New! mechanical reduction Paperback. 2007. xxxii, 104, 190* p. 18.5 x 13.4 cm. GBS 5265 3438052650 GBS 5219 3438052199 Fascicle 18: General Introduction and Paperback, study edition Megilloth 18 x 12.7 cm. 1646 p. Paperback. 2004. 368 p. GBS 5222 3438052229 GBS 5278 3438052784 Fascicle 20: Ezra and Nehemiah New! Paperback. 2006. 168 p. GBS 5280 3438052806 Catalog 2008 5 Biblical Texts United Bible Societies Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia in Biblia Sacra Utriusque Testamenti fascicles Editio Hebraica et Graeca 1967/77; 4th corrected The 27th edition of the Nestle- printing, 1990. Aland Greek NT and the 23.7 x 15.8 cm. photomechanically reduced Genesis edition of Biblia Hebraica Paperback. 100 p. Stuttgartensia are combined in GBS 5201 this one volume. 3438052016 1994. 18.7 x 13.4 cm. 2547 p. Exodus, Leviticus Hardcover Paperback. 136 p. GBS 5250 3438052504 GBS 5202 3438052024 Numbers, Deuteronomy The Hebrew Scriptures (Snaith) Paperback. 164 p. This Hebrew text is the Ben Asher text, based GBS 5203 3438052032 on Sephardic manuscripts, especially the Joshua, Judges Paperback. 104 p. British Library Manuscript Or. 2626-8. GBS 5204 3438052040 1958. 18.5 x 12 cm. 1362 p. 1-2 Samuel Cloth hardcover Paperback. 128 p. BFBS 000299 0564000299 GBS 5205 3438052059 1-2 Kings Hebrew Bible (OT and NT) Paperback. 130 p. The text of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia GBS 5206 3438052067 without the critical apparatus, plus the New Isaiah Testament in Modern Hebrew. Paperback. 120 p. 1991. 22 x 15 cm. 1194 p. GBS 5207 3438052075 Hardcover Jeremiah GSS 9789654310000 Paperback. 130 p. GBS 5208 3438052083 Leather cover with zipper Ezekiel GSS 9789654310185 Paperback. 112 p. GBS 5209 3438052091 Hebrew Scriptures in Twelve Prophets Paperback. 112 p. Diglot/Polyglot Editions GBS 5210 3438052105 Psalms Ancien Testament interlinéaire Paperback. 160 p. GBS 5211 3438052113 hébreu-français New! Job, Proverbs This interlinear includes the Hebrew text of Paperback. 108 p. the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia together GBS 5212 3438052121 with a word-by-word translation into French Megilloth and the text of the Traduction Œcuménique Paperback. 76 p. de la Bible and the Bible en français courant. GSS 3438052137 Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah Published by the French Bible Society. Paperback. 96 p. 2007. 13.5 x 15.5 cm. 2780, liii p. GBS 5214 3438052148 Hardcover 1-2 Chronicles FBS 1711 9782853007108 Paperback. 114 p. GBS 5215 3438052156 6 www.biblesociety.org Scholary Publications Biblical Texts The Holy Scriptures of the Old provided. There is an introduction in German, rd Testament: Hebrew and English Latin, and English. The 3 corrected edition, published by H. P. Rüger, is smaller than the This is the Letteris Text in parallel with the previous editions and has an appendix of about English AV text. 300 additions and corrections. 1866; reprint, 1974. 21.5 x 17 cm. 1384 p. 1990. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 1695 p. Hardcover Hardcover BFBS 000396 0564000396
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