Beschreibung:
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.
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