Word of God, Words of Men

Description

LIinguiests, historians of literature and of typography from Poland, Lithuania and Czech Republic join their efforts in this volume to present not only the fascinating phenomenon of a varied and long-lasting movement of translating, commenting and printing of the Bible in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th centuries, but also depict the current state of research on the subject. The detailed description of both historical and linguistic contexts allows the reader to appreciate the phenomenon that is far from being exhausted.