Bible Translations – Linguistic and Cultural Issues

Proceedings of the Erlangen Workshop on October 5 and 6, 2018

edited by Lutz Edzard

Book cover: Bible Translations – Linguistic and Cultural Issues

Extent: 198 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Cultural Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Abhandlungen fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes

Series volume number: 122

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2021)

ISBN: 9783447116558

Price: $68.00

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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