The New Testament in Scots: No. 103

by JamesRobertson (Editor), WilliamLaughtonLorimer (Editor)

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  2012

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  The Greek scholar William Lorimer spent the last ten years of his life working on this project. Each Gospel has a different form of Scots to match the different forms of Greek used by the various apostles and scribes, and the vigour and immediacy of the language is everywhere apparent. Transcribed, edited and published by his son Robin Lorimer, this scholarly and dramatically fresh reading of an already familiar text caused a sensation when it first appeared in 1983. Beyond the poetry of the King James version, here are the voices of the disciples themselves, speaking, as they undoubtedly did, in 'plain braid Galilee'.

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  1985

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  In making the Scots translation of the New Testament W.L. Lorimer undertook the task of recreating Scots prose, ransacking all available oral and literary linguistic sources and scrutinizing upwards of 180 other translations in many languages. He took pains to reflect the range of style of the various authors thus enabling him to demonstrate the variety, vigour and vitality of Scots prose.