1902 J B. ROTHERHAM. The Emphasized Bible. Near Fine First Edition.

A rather rare and superbly preserved first complete edition of of Rotherham's landmark "Emphasized" Bible. 

Rotherham's translation of the Bible was innovative for its use of what he called, "emphatic idiom," and for its diacritical marks designed to bring out the nuances of the underlying Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic texts. Rotherham was a Bible scholar and minister of the Churches of Christ, who described his goal as "placing the reader of the present time in as good a position as that occupied by the reader of the first century for understanding the Apostolic Writings".

The New Testament Critically Emphasised was first published in 1872. However, great changes occurred in textual criticism during the second half of the 19th century, culminating in Brooke Foss Westcott's and Fenton John Anthony Hort's Greek text of the New Testament. This led Rotherham to revise his New Testament twice, in 1878 and 1897, to stay abreast of scholarly developments.

The entire Bible with the Old Testament first appeared in 1902. Rotherham based his Old Testament translation on Dr. C.D. Ginsburg's comprehensive Masoretico-Critical edition of the Hebrew Bible.

The translation is still considered of significant value. John R Kohlenberger III says in his preface to the 1994 printing, "The Emphasized Bible is one of the most innovative and thoroughly researched translations ever done by a single individual. Its presentation of emphases and grammatical features of the original languages still reward careful study."

This is the first complete edition. The specific printing is impossible to determine. It is the finest example we anticipate ever handling. Because of the sheer mass of the work, bindings are often tender or boards detached. This a superb example. 

Rotherham, Joseph Bryant. The Emphasized Bible. A New Translation. Designed to Set Forth the Exact Meaning, the Proper Terminology and the Graphic Style of the Sacred Originals; Arranged to Show at a Glance Narrative, Speech, Parallelism, and Logical Analysis, Also to Enable the Student Readily to Distinguish the Several Divine Names; and Emphasised Throughout After the Idioms of the Hebrew and Greek Tongues. With Expository Introduction, Select References, & Appendices of Notes. This Version has Been Adjusted, in the Old Testament, to the Newly Revised "Massoretico-Critical" Text (Or Assured Emendations) of Dr. Ginsburg; and, in the New Testament, to the Critical Text ("Formed Exclusively on Documentary Evidence") or Drs. Wescott and Hort. By Joseph Bryant Rotherham, Translator of "the New Testament Critically Emphasised." Cincinnati. The Standard Publishing Company. 1902. 920pp. 

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Rotherham, Joseph Bryant. The Emphasized Bible. A New Translation. Designed to Set Forth the Exact Meaning, the Proper Terminology and the Graphic Style of the Sacred Originals; Arranged to Show at a Glance Narrative, Speech, Parallelism, and Logical Analysis, Also to Enable the Student Readily to Distinguish the Several Divine Names; and Emphasised Throughout After the Idioms of the Hebrew and Greek Tongues. With Expository Introduction, Select References, & Appendices of Notes. This Version has Been Adjusted, in the Old Testament, to the Newly Revised "Massoretico-Critical" Text (Or Assured Emendations) of Dr. Ginsburg; and, in the New Testament, to the Critical Text ("Formed Exclusively on Documentary Evidence") or Drs. Wescott and Hort. By Joseph Bryant Rotherham, Translator of "the New Testament Critically Emphasised."  The Standard Publishing Company. 1902. 272pp. 

A very good copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with bright and clean pages.