The New Century Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg incorporates a new approach to translating the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.
The New Century Edition is unique in Swedenborgian scholarship. This is the first translation of Swedenborg’s writings to be produced using a unified set of standards. Internationally recognized scholars have been recruited to write introductions that set each work in its historical context. The text is extensively annotated, explaining the meaning of obscure terms, the personal or historical context behind particular passages, and other tidbits of information that give deeper meaning to the work. In addition, translator’s prefaces give notes about the original Latin and tables of parallel passages show where Swedenborg discusses similar topics. There are indexes not only to the biblical references in each work, but to the prefaces and introductions as well as (separately) the works themselves. In short, the New Century Edition is the ultimate reference tool for anyone who wants to delve into Swedenborg. .......
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Swedenborg Foundation published more contemporary translations of Swedenborg’s most popular works, and in the 1990s we typeset the entire series of Swedenborg’s theological writings electronically, in the process
employing Swedenborgian scholars and editors to update the more obscure English phrasing. This work became known as the Redesigned Standard Edition. But it became obvious that what was needed was an
entirely new translation of Swedenborg’s works, one that maintained the poetic vision of the original while incorporating input from both scholars and linguistic experts to produce an accurate rendering of Swedenborg’s thoughts. Thus the New Century Edition was born.
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