Bible Translations – Linguistic and Cultural Issues
Proceedings of the Erlangen Workshop on October 5 and 6, 2018
edited by Lutz Edzard
This volume is based on the proceedings of the workshop “Bibelubersetzung(en)” held at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg on October 5 and 6, 2018. The content encompasses contributions on specific linguistic and cultural features in Syriac Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic, Amharic, Greek, Gothic, West-Slavic and Baltic, English, and Italian translations of (parts of) the Hebrew Bible. Important issues are the value of translations for textual reconstruction as well as specific grammatical and lexical developments in the mentioned language versions.
This volume is based on the proceedings of the workshop “Bibelubersetzung(en)” held at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg on October 5 and 6, 2018. The content encompasses contributions on specific linguistic and cultural features in Syriac Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic, Amharic, Greek, Gothic, West-Slavic and Baltic, English, and Italian translations of (parts of) the Hebrew Bible. Contributors include Burkard M. Zapff (Eichstatt), Arik Sadan (Jerusalem), Matthias Emmert (Erlangen), Kjell Magne Yri (Oslo), Lutz Edzard (Erlangen), Stefan Schaffner (Erlangen), Helmut Gluck (Bamberg), Cosima Clara Gillhammer (Oxford), and Massimo Zaggia (Bergamo). Important issues are the value of translations for textual reconstruction as well as specific grammatical and lexical developments in the mentioned language versions.
- Edited by Lutz Edzard
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