Leonard Greenspoon

Jewish Bible Translations

Personalities, Passions, Politics, Progress

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jewish Bible Translations is the first book-length history and analysis of Jewish Bible translations from the third century BCE to our day. Leonard 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.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Publication Society
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9780827613126
• ISBN-10: 0827613121
• Artikelnr.: 59180760

Autorenporträt

Leonard Greenspoon is Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and a professor of theology and of classical and Near Eastern studies at Creighton University. He has authored or edited almost three dozen books.

Inhaltsangabe

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