Found in translation : essays on Jewish biblical translation in honor of Leonard J. Greenspoon / edited by James W. Barker, Anthony Le Donne, and Joel N. Lohr.

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9781612494968
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Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Foreword; The Life of Leonard; Part I: Ancient Hebrew Scriptures and Greek Translations; 1. "Proto-Masoretic," "Pre-Masoretic," "Semi-Masoretic," and "Masoretic": A Study in Terminology and Textual Theory; 2. Symmachus's Version of Joshua; 3. The Final Verses of the Ammonite War Story in 2 Sam 11:1, 12:26-31, and 1 Chron 20:1-3; 4. The Old Greek Translation of Isaiah 40; 5. The Equivalence of Kaige and Quinta in the Dodekapropheton; Part II: Jewish and Christian Scriptures in Modern Translations.

6. The Exodus in America7. Challenges in Translating the Book of Job; 8. On Translating Proverbs 31:10; 9. Lost in Transmission, God: Shoah, Not Holocaust; 10. Translation versus Teaching: Competing Agendas in Samson Raphael Hirsch's Bible Project; 11. Translating Poliscentrism: The Politics of Ethnicity and Ethnos related to Defining Ioudaios; 12. Proclamation, Translation, Implication: Addressing the Vilification of "the Jews"; Index.

Summary: "Found in Translation is at once a themed volume on the translation of ancient Jewish texts and a Festschrift for Leonard J. Greenspoon, the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor in Jewish Civilization and professor of classical and near Eastern studies and of theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Greenspoon has made significant contributions to the study of Jewish biblical translations, particularly the ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, known as the Septuagint. This volume comprises an internationally renowned group of scholars presenting a wide range of original essays on Bible translation, the influence of culture on biblical translation, Bible translations' reciprocal influence on culture, and the translation of various Jewish texts and collections, especially the Septuagint. Volume editors have painstakingly planned Found in Translation to have the broadest scope of any current work on Jewish biblical translation to reflect Greenspoon's broad impact on the field throughout an august career" -- Provided by publisher.

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"Found in Translation is at once a themed volume on the translation of ancient Jewish texts and a Festschrift for Leonard J. Greenspoon, the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor in Jewish Civilization and professor of classical and near Eastern studies and of theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Greenspoon has made significant contributions to the study of Jewish biblical translations, particularly the ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, known as the Septuagint. This volume comprises an internationally renowned group of scholars presenting a wide range of original essays on Bible translation, the influence of culture on biblical translation, Bible translations' reciprocal influence on culture, and the translation of various Jewish texts and collections, especially the Septuagint. Volume editors have painstakingly planned Found in Translation to have the broadest scope of any current work on Jewish biblical translation to reflect Greenspoon's broad impact on the field throughout an august career" -- Provided by publisher.

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