Just how literal is the King James Version?

dc.contributor.author	Kroeze, Jan
dc.contributor.author	Van den Heever, Manie
dc.contributor.author	Van Rooy, Bertus
dc.date.accessioned	2010-04-28T07:24:06Z
dc.date.available	2010-04-28T07:24:06Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	Kroeze, J.H. & Van den Heever, C.M., et al. 2011. Just how literal is the King James Version? Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages (JNSL), 37(1): 27-56. [http://academic.sun.ac.za/jnsl/]
dc.identifier.issn	0259-0131
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2924
dc.description.abstract	Many scholars have the perception that the King James Version (KJV) is a literal translation. However, it is not so easy to define the concept of "literal translation". The simplest definition may be to regard it as word-for-word translation. However, when one compares the KJV carefully with the original Hebrew Bible, there are numerous instances where lexical items are changed to adapt the idiom to that of the target language. In this article, a measuring instrument will be proposed and used to analyse some passages, with Ezek 15 as principal example. The same instrument may be used to evaluate other translations. Comparing the results may give a more precise indication of just how literal the KJV is.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch
dc.title	Just how literal is the King James Version?	en
dc.type	Article
dc.contributor.researchID	10063455 - Kroeze, Jan Hendrik
dc.contributor.researchID	10095519 - Van Rooy, Albertus Jacobus