The New Testament in Scots

The New Testament in Scots

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Hardback (02 May 2013) | Scots

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Greek scholar William Lorimer spent the last ten years of his life working on this project. Each Gospel has a different form of Scots to match the different forms of Greek used by the various apostles and scribes, and the vigour and immediacy of the language is everywhere apparent.

Transcribed, edited and published by his son Robin Lorimer, this scholarly and dramatically fresh reading of an already familiar text caused a sensation when it first appeared in 1983. Beyond the poetry of the King James version, here are the voices of the disciples themselves, speaking, as they undoubtedly did, in 'plain braid Galilee'.

Book information

ISBN: 9780857867698
Publisher: Canongate Books
Imprint: Canongate
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 225.59163
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: Scots
Weight: 1214g
Height: 236mm
Width: 171mm
Spine width: 62mm