George Noyes Bible (Tishendorf Translation) (ENGNOY)

Overview

George Rapall Noyes (1798-1868) was Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University. [1] Over the course of his career he published annotated translations of numerous Old Testament books: Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon appeared in 1828, Psalms and Proverbs in 1830, and the Prophets in 1833, with revised editions following later. [2] His New Testament, published posthumously in 1869 by the American Unitarian Association, was completed at the time of his death and seen through the press by his Harvard colleague Ezra Abbot. [2] Noyes characterized the work as a revision of the King James Version, aiming to make it "more intelligible, more critically accurate" while retaining "the savor and spirit of our old and familiar version." [2] He adopted Tischendorf's Greek text as his basis: the eighth critical edition through Luke 18:9, the second edition of the Synopsis Evangelica (1864) for the Gospel of John, and the seventh edition (1859) for the remainder. [2] The result is less literal than the King James Version but more literal than most 20th-century translations. [2]

[1] [George Rapall Noyes](https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/george-rapall-noyes/) - Harvard Square Library. [2] [Noyes' New Testament](https://www.bible-researcher.com/noyes.html) - Bible-Researcher.com.

Language and People

English (ISO 639-3: eng) is spoken by approximately 379,000,000 people. [Glottolog: stan1293]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by American Unitarian Association, Boston.

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