ONE OF THE MOST SPOKEN DIALECTS in China, Southeast Asia, and globally, Cantonese was nevertheless deemed a local dialect enjoying little prestige among the intellectuals. Not much was recorded in official documents or gazetteers about the early history of Hong Kong. The Cantonese language and its origin remained much of a mystery until the mid-20th century when scholars started to accord it with increasing attention. Thanks to dedicated efforts of early missionaries, pedagogues, and linguists, we can now trace back the evolution of modern Cantonese since the 19th century— how differences in sounds, words, and grammar distinguish the old from contemporary speech today. In this book, Hung-nin Samuel Cheung, an acclaimed scholar on the study of Cantonese, offers profound insights to various firsthand century-old materials including language manuals, Bible translations, and maps of Hong Kong, with findings that will be useful for ongoing efforts to study the development of
A comprehensive, practical reference guide to the idiosyncrasies of the English language No one knows grammar like Michael Strumpf. For over a quarter of a century, as creator and proprietor of the
Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking family, reading the Bible in the original Hebrew and debating its meaning over the dinner table. She knew much of it by heart - and was therefore surprised w
Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking family, reading the Bible in the original Hebrew and debating its meaning over the dinner table. She knew much of it by heart - and was therefore surprised w
For readers of Bruce Feiler’s Walking the Bible and Kathleen Norris’sThe Cloister Walk comes a powerful exploration of the Bible in translation.Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking family, readi
This Greek grammar text integrates the technical requirements for proper Greek interpretation with the actual interests and needs of Bible Students. It is the first textbook to systematically link sy
The NRSV Large-Print Text Edition offers the Bible reader - whether in Church, school or home settings - the comfort of large, bold print that is beautifully clear and easy to read. It uses the Anglicised NRSV text which adopts British usage for spelling, punctuation, phrasing and grammar, and is available in a choice of binding styles and editions - either with, or without the Apocrypha. This Bible contains the Old and New Testaments, and comes in a sturdy hardback binding.
"This accessible supplementary textbook presents 30 illustrative exegetical insights from the Hebrew Bible, showing students how the grammatical concepts they are learning affect interpretation" --
This self-study introduction to the basics of the biblical Greek alphabet, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar equips readers to understand the original meaning of the New Testament, enriching thei
At the Tilburg conference Narrative Syntax and the Hebrew Bible a discussion was held between Biblical Hebrew sentence-grammar and text-syntactic approaches, both in theoretical papers and in analyses
F. H. A. Scrivener (1813–1891) was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and published a variety of works of New Testament scholarship while working as a clergyman and headmaster. At a time when new manuscripts of New Testament texts were being discovered, his skills as a transcriber and collator of these texts were greatly respected. This volume is his critical examination of the King James Bible which chronicles the history of the Bible's various editions and the evolution of the text. Scrivener reviews the various groups involved in translating and revising the Bible. A detailed discussion of the use of grammar and punctuation is included, as well as appendices listing all variations and amendments occurring between the different editions. Considering the King James Bible from both historical and linguistic perspectives, this volume provides a valuable overview of a translation that has been influential for four centuries.
Dr. Spiros Zodhiates' greatest contribution to Bible students everywhere is the Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, which takes the reader to the source of the Hebrew and Greek words and Greek grammar.
Dr. Spiros Zodhiates' greatest contribution to Bible students everywhere is the Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, which takes the reader to the source of the Hebrew and Greek words and Greek grammar.
All the apparatus of learning in the earlier Middle Ages had the ultimate purpose - at least in principle - of making it possible to understand the Bible better. The fathers laid foundations on which their successors built for a thousand years and more, which helped to form and direct the principles of modern criticism. This study looks at the assumptions within which students of the Bible in the West approached their reading, from Augustine to the end of the twelfth century, when distinct skills in grammar and logic made it possible to develop more refined critical methods and to apply fresh tools to the task.
In this new edition, the Greek text of the United Bible Societies is used throughout. The beginning student is involved at once in reading Greek and learns grammar and syntax as he encounters them in
