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The New Testament
- A Translation
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 21 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
David Bentley Hart undertook this new translation of the New Testament in the spirit of "etsi doctrina non daretur", "as if doctrine is not given". Reproducing the texts' often fragmentary formulations without augmentation or correction, he has produced a pitilessly literal translation, one that captures the texts' impenetrability and unfinished quality while awakening listeners to an uncanniness that often lies hidden beneath doctrinal layers.
The early Christians' sometimes raw, astonished, and halting prose challenges the idea that the New Testament affirms the kind of people we are. Hart reminds us that they were a company of extremists, radical in their rejection of the values and priorities of society not only at its most degenerate, but often at its most reasonable and decent.
"To live as the New Testament language requires," he writes, "Christians would have to become strangers and sojourners on the earth, to have here no enduring city, to belong to a Kingdom truly not of this world. And we surely cannot do that, can we?"
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"This necessary, brilliantly presented translation reads like taking a biblical studies class with a provocative professor." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Diode xyy
- 30-12-23
A very unbiased and honest translation by a master
The New Testament is the greatest book ever written, however it’s translation has been used and interpreted for many political purposes to the nth degree and a real, unbiased, untainted version has been desperately needed.
My favourite part are the footnotes and appendix where the author using both logic and experience, he explains his position on some of translations. It’s a beautiful and eloquent and stimulating. I don’t always agree, and this was the best bit.
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- P McD
- 03-05-23
A fine story
I did enjoy learning more about the familiar stories I grew up learning about from others. Good to hear it direct from the source.
the narrator was okay.
the lack of proper titles made it frustrating as this isn't really something you listen to from beginning to end. you dip in and out, which was difficult to do.
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exceptional voice!
an exceptional translation and I really liked the voice reader. indeed he has a similar musical voice to Osho!. I like the voice too. the only criticism is there are no title headers for each audio part.
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