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PERHAPS the most enduring of all English versions of the book of Psalms is that of Myles Coverdale. Originally published in A.D. 1535 as part of one of the earliest English Bible translations, Coverdale's psalter grew in popularity such that it was adopted by the Church of England and printed in its Book of Common Prayer from the mid-16th century down to the present day.
Justly renowned for its majestic prose and poetic beauty, the Coverdale psalter even today holds a prominent place in public and private worship, not only within Anglicanism, but now in the Catholic and Orthodox churches also (especially via the Anglican Ordinariates and the Western Rites, respectively). While over time numerous revisions have been made in many countries, the psalter is herein presented in its quintessential 1662 form, with the following slight adjustments made to the text in order to best prepare this publication for convenient use at prayer:
1. The holy name of God in Psalm 68 is transliterated in the 1662 psalter as JAH, but is here rendered as the Hebrew tetragrammaton יהוה in order to indicate that the sacred name should not be pronounced.
2. Subtitles (translated from the Septuagint) have been added to the psalms. The Latin incipits are retained, having become over the centuries an essential part of the Coverdale psalter.
3. Verse numbering has been omitted, and proper punctuation marks have been added mid-verse to the psalms, borrowing from the schemata found in The Anglican Breviary and the Oxford Monastic Diurnal. Here, asterisks replace the colons typically used to mark the half-verses in the English prayer-book tradition.
4. The psalter has been divided into kathismata and stases following the ancient Eastern tradition; therefore, the usual Anglican 30-day divisions have been omitted. In two instances (Psalm 116, and the seventeenth stanza of Psalm 119) where the difference between the Greek and Hebrew numbering would cause a psalm to be broken over two stases, the complete psalm has been placed after the stasis division.
Furthermore, Psalm 151 has been included for the sake of completeness. This psalm not having been among the manuscripts available to Coverdale, the version used here is a translation by the late Monk Joseph (Isaac Lambertsen) of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary.
In addition to these textual modifications, this psalter has been formatted explicitly for use on e-readers. As such, navigation to and from various parts of the psalter during various days and seasons has been simplified via the use of large buttons. Indices containing links to each psalm, stasis and kathisma may be found at the end of this book. The usual beginning prayers and prayers following each stasis and kathisma have also been included; in certain places, a Maltese cross has been inserted to mark where the sign of the cross should be made.
Parts of this text are set in Bulgaria Moderna Pro. To properly view this book, it may be necessary to select the 'Publisher Font' (or similar) option on your e-reader. [206]
Justly renowned for its majestic prose and poetic beauty, the Coverdale psalter even today holds a prominent place in public and private worship, not only within Anglicanism, but now in the Catholic and Orthodox churches also (especially via the Anglican Ordinariates and the Western Rites, respectively). While over time numerous revisions have been made in many countries, the psalter is herein presented in its quintessential 1662 form, with the following slight adjustments made to the text in order to best prepare this publication for convenient use at prayer:
1. The holy name of God in Psalm 68 is transliterated in the 1662 psalter as JAH, but is here rendered as the Hebrew tetragrammaton יהוה in order to indicate that the sacred name should not be pronounced.
2. Subtitles (translated from the Septuagint) have been added to the psalms. The Latin incipits are retained, having become over the centuries an essential part of the Coverdale psalter.
3. Verse numbering has been omitted, and proper punctuation marks have been added mid-verse to the psalms, borrowing from the schemata found in The Anglican Breviary and the Oxford Monastic Diurnal. Here, asterisks replace the colons typically used to mark the half-verses in the English prayer-book tradition.
4. The psalter has been divided into kathismata and stases following the ancient Eastern tradition; therefore, the usual Anglican 30-day divisions have been omitted. In two instances (Psalm 116, and the seventeenth stanza of Psalm 119) where the difference between the Greek and Hebrew numbering would cause a psalm to be broken over two stases, the complete psalm has been placed after the stasis division.
Furthermore, Psalm 151 has been included for the sake of completeness. This psalm not having been among the manuscripts available to Coverdale, the version used here is a translation by the late Monk Joseph (Isaac Lambertsen) of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary.
In addition to these textual modifications, this psalter has been formatted explicitly for use on e-readers. As such, navigation to and from various parts of the psalter during various days and seasons has been simplified via the use of large buttons. Indices containing links to each psalm, stasis and kathisma may be found at the end of this book. The usual beginning prayers and prayers following each stasis and kathisma have also been included; in certain places, a Maltese cross has been inserted to mark where the sign of the cross should be made.
Parts of this text are set in Bulgaria Moderna Pro. To properly view this book, it may be necessary to select the 'Publisher Font' (or similar) option on your e-reader. [206]
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940162567134 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Buky Press |
| Publication date: | 02/06/2021 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Sales rank: | 698,466 |
| File size: | 569 KB |
About the Author
Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles (1488 – 20 January 1569), was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553). In 1535, Coverdale produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English. His theological development is a paradigm of the progress of the English Reformation from 1530 to 1552. By the time of his death, he had transitioned into an early Puritan, affiliated to Calvin, yet still advocating the teachings of Augustine.
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