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Jewish Bible translations : personalities, passions, politics, progress / Leonard Greenspoon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780827618572
  • 0827618573
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish Bible translations.DDC classification:
  • 221.4 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1132 .G74 2020eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Septuagint -- 2. The Targums -- 3. Bible Translation into Arabic -- 4. Bible Translation into Yiddish and German -- 5. Translations into Other Selected Languages -- 6. English-Language Versions -- 7. Non-Jewish Translations with Jewish Features -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Bible Passages.
Summary: "Jewish Bible Translations is the first book-length history and analysis of Jewish Bible translations from the third century BCE to our day. Greenspoon delves into the historical, cultural, linguistic, and religious contexts of translations in eleven languages: Arabic, Aramaic, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Septuagint -- 2. The Targums -- 3. Bible Translation into Arabic -- 4. Bible Translation into Yiddish and German -- 5. Translations into Other Selected Languages -- 6. English-Language Versions -- 7. Non-Jewish Translations with Jewish Features -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Bible Passages.

"Jewish Bible Translations is the first book-length history and analysis of Jewish Bible translations from the third century BCE to our day. Greenspoon delves into the historical, cultural, linguistic, and religious contexts of translations in eleven languages: Arabic, Aramaic, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish"-- Provided by publisher

Print version record.