{"product_id":"making-the-bible-french-the-bible-historiale-and-the-medieval-lay-reader-hardback-9781487508883","title":"Making the Bible French; The Bible Historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader (Hardback) 9781487508883","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking the Bible French\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Bible Historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeanette Patterson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487508883\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 January 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The book is very lively and informative, and well worth extended study.\" - Henry Ansgar Kelly, University of California, Los Angeles (\u003cem\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the end of the thirteenth century to the first decades of the sixteenth century, Guyart des Moulins\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eBible historiale\u003c\/i\u003e was the predominant French translation of the Bible. Enhancing his translation with techniques borrowed from scholastic study, vernacular preaching, and secular fiction, Guyart produced one of the most popular, most widely copied French-language texts of the later Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking the Bible French \u003c\/i\u003einvestigates how Guyart\u0026amp;#x2019;s first-person authorial voice narrates translation choices in terms of anticipated reader reactions and frames the biblical text as an object of dialogue with his readers. It examines the translator\u0026amp;#x2019;s narrative strategies to aid readers\u0026amp;#x2019; visualization of biblical stories, to encourage their identification with its characters, and to practice patient, self-reflexive reading. Finally, it traces how the \u003ci\u003eBible historiale\u003c\/i\u003e manuscript tradition adapts and individualizes the Bible for each new intended reader, defying modern print-based and text-centred ideas about the Bible, canonicity, and translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003eTables\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Making the French Bible, or Making the Bible French\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Telling it Right: Confronting Reader Resistance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Soothing Listeners\u0026amp;#x2019; Ears: Narrative Aesthetics and Poetic Faith \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \u003cem\u003eLes paroles dont je vous ay fait mention:\u003c\/em\u003e The \u003cem\u003eBible historiale\u0026amp;#x2019;s\u003c\/em\u003e Two Books of Job\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Patient Reader\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Asking the Right Questions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Table of Selected Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003eNotes   \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595491602712,"sku":"9781487508883","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-the-bible-french-the-bible-historiale-and-the-medieval-lay-reader-hardback-9781487508883","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}