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- Abstract:
- The first systematic translation of the Bible into Portuguese was prepared over the second half of the seventeenth century in the Dutch East Indies by the Portuguese Calvinist João Ferreira A. d’Almeida. Existent historiography tracing the context of its production has been limited either to biographical analyses or typographical surveys of its several editions. Primary sources that correspond to the obstinate Catholic versus Calvinist confrontation underlying its elaboration have been overlooked. We thus assume that only from a deeper analysis of polemical works written within this doctrinal clash is it possible to better understand the historical significance of that unique biblical translation.
- A primeira tradução sistemática da Bíblia em Português foi preparada ao longo da segunda metade do século XVII nas Índias Orientais Holandesas pelo calvinista João Ferreira A. d'Almeida. A historiografia a seu respeito tem sido limitada, quer a análises biográficas ou levantamentos tipográficos de suas várias edições. As fontes primárias que correspondem à confrontação obstinada entre católicos e calvinistas que se encontra subjacente à sua elaboração têm sido negligenciadas. Será assim de supor que, apenas a partir de uma análise mais profunda das obras polêmicas escritas dentro desse embate doutrinário, é possível entender melhor o significado histórico dessa excepcional tradução bíblica.
Citation
Halikowski-Smith, Stefan, and Fernandes, Luis Henrique Menezes,
"The Unquiet Religious Backdrop to European East Indies Trade: Christian Polemical Literature and the First Portuguese Translation of the Bible, 1642-1694"
(2015).
e-Journal of Portuguese History.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/xce7-yg48
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e-Journal of Portuguese History
...The e-Journal of Portuguese History (e-JPH) (ISSN: 1645-6432) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal with the objective of providing publication of work on historical subjects, especially those concerning themes and topics of Portuguese history analyzed in a comparative perspective. It …