عنوان

James Curtis Hepburn and the Translation of the New Testament into Japanese

شماره

LA127029

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

James Curtis Hepburn and the Translation of the New Testament into Japanese

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Hamish Ion

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This study focuses on the role of James Curtis Hepburn (1815-1911), the pioneer Presbyterian missionary doctor in Japan and a lexicographer who gave his name to the standard form of transliteration of Japanese into English, in the translation of the New Testament into Japanese. Hepburn's earlier experiences as a medical missionary in China had a significant impact on his attitude toward language study and translation work after his arrival in Kanagawa in 1859. This study shows the importance of the Chinese language Christian tracts, and Bible translations made by China missionaries in serving as a cultural bridge to help open and to expedite the transmission of Christian and Western ideas into Japan as Hepburn and his missionary colleagues struggled to master the Japanese language and to translate the Gospels. However, after 1873 when the open propagation of Christianity among the Japanese began, the greater fluency of missionaries in Japanese and the growing desire of the Japanese to learn English and to concentrate on Western rather than Chinese learning led to the decline in the importance of Chinese language both in the evangelization of Japan and in Bible translation. This study focuses on the role of James Curtis Hepburn (1815-1911), the pioneer Presbyterian missionary doctor in Japan and a lexicographer who gave his name to the standard form of transliteration of Japanese into English, in the translation of the New Testament into Japanese. Hepburn's earlier experiences as a medical missionary in China had a significant impact on his attitude toward language study and translation work after his arrival in Kanagawa in 1859. This study shows the importance of the Chinese language Christian tracts, and Bible translations made by China missionaries in serving as a cultural bridge to help open and to expedite the transmission of Christian and Western ideas into Japan as Hepburn and his missionary colleagues struggled to master the Japanese language and to translate the Gospels. However, after 1873 when the open propagation of Christianity among the Japanese began, the greater fluency of missionaries in Japanese and the growing desire of the Japanese to learn English and to concentrate on Western rather than Chinese learning led to the decline in the importance of Chinese language both in the evangelization of Japan and in Bible translation.

تاريخ نشر

2014

توصيف ظاهري

56-85

عنوان

Social Sciences and Missions

شماره جلد

27/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1874-8945

اصطلاح موضوعی

China

اصطلاح موضوعی

Japan

اصطلاح موضوعی

language

اصطلاح موضوعی

missions

اصطلاح موضوعی

proscription

اصطلاح موضوعی

Protestantism

اصطلاح موضوعی

publication

اصطلاح موضوعی

translation

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hamish Ion

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/18748945-02701004

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y