Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Series Editor’s Foreword vii
5. Acknowledgements x
6. Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations xiv
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 The Missionary Bible 41
9. 2 Bible Competition 81
10. 3 Standardising Arabic 109
11. 4 Butrus al-Bustani as Translator 149
12. 5 Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq’s Bible as Literature 188
13. Conclusion: In the Beginning was Translation 214
14. Bibliography 219
15. Index 237