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| | Description | Now available after a seven year translation effort The Way: Critical-Historical Edition arrives in a hardback English-language edition that totals 1173 pages. This easy-to-read book is in a handy size (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) that makes it useful both for travel and for reference reading at home. This work brings out the interesting and little-known background to The Way's 999 points, including the specific events in the life of its author, St. Josemaría Escrivá. It also explains the historical and cultural influences on the work. The book shows the text in translated English followed by an explanatory note on each point, as well as the original Spanish text and footnotes linking it to other points. This edition also includes chapters on the origins, editing, and publishing history of The Way and its predecessor, Spiritual Considerations, and editorial notes on the different editions of The Way. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Josemaria Escriva | | Hardcover: | 1173 pages | | Publisher: | Scepter Publishers | | Publication Date: | 2010 | | ISBN: | 0906138736 | | Package Length: | 8.8 inches | | Package Width: | 6.0 inches | | Package Height: | 2.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 2 reviews |
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 Great detailed and comprehensive study on "The Way" Apr 15, 2011
By Cyrus Paolo M. Buenafe
The English version of critical-historical edition of "The Way" by Fr. Pedro Rodriguez is actually not mere a translation of the first Spanish edition (might come from an updated manuscript for a later Spanish edition, as indicated by the author in one of the introductory sections of the book), so it contains a lot of enhancements and improvements from the first edition. The only thing not present in the English edition is analyses concerning the linguistic and textual side of "The Way", which would be best approached from Spanish.
The book is not just a simple overlap of text and commentary. It also gives a very detailed history of the redactions, which also gives the reader an insight to the "literary history" of St. Josemaria Escriva and to the history of Opus Dei as well. It's good to note that a lot of the anecdotes and testimonies in this edition provide some deeper insight into the historical situation already described by Vasquez de Prada's biographical work of St. Josemaria Escriva. Although the opinions about the commentary can vary, depending on where the reader is coming from, the commentary is sufficient in terms of providing the reader the textual sources of each point of "The Way", which can also help the reader have a richer consideration of the points.
This is definitely not for beginners, but for those thoroughly familiar with "The Way", with St. Josemaria Escriva and his writings, and with the spirituality of Opus Dei, this book is definitely a gem!
 Good critical edition Jun 28, 2010
By Fr. Dismas Sayre, OP
Gives you both the Castillian original and English translation, with reasons for certain words, history being redactions, etc. Only negative is that the English translation (the commentary, not the text) could have used a little more editorial review, but aside from a few English mistakes, it's great. If you don't need the critical edition, a basic edition is fine.
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