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A classified bibliographic resource for tracing the history of Jewish translation activity from the Middle Ages to the present day, providing the researcher with over a thousand entries devoted solely to the Jewish role in the east-to-west transmission of Greek and Arab learning and science into Latin or Hebrew. Other major sections extend the coverage to modern times, taking special note of the absorption of European literature into the Jewish cultural orbit via Hebrew, Yiddish, or Judezmo translations, for instance, or the translation and reception of Jewish literature written in Jewish languages into other languages such as Arabic, English, French, German, or Russian. This polyglot bibliography contains over 2,600 entries, is enhanced by a vast number of additional bibliographic notes leading to reviews and related resources, and is accompanied by both an author and a subject index.

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Author:   Robert Singerman (University of Florida) ,  Gideon Toury (Tel Aviv University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   44
Weight:   0.735kg
ISBN:  

9789027216502

ISBN 10:   9027216509
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   29 November 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Translation and reflection on translation: A skeletal history for the uninitiated (by Toury, Gideon); 2. Compiler's Introduction; 3. 1. General: Includes rabbinical literature and modern period; 4. 2. Medieval and Early Renaissance, 900 to 1500; 5. 3. Late Renaissance and Early Modern Period, 1500 to 1750; 6. 4. Haskalah Period, 1750-1850; 7. 5. Translations into Hebrew, 1850-2000; 8. 6. Translations of Hebrew Israeli literature; 9. 7. Translations to and from Yiddish; 10. 8. Judezmo (Ladino) translations; 11. 9. Judeo-Italian translations; 12. 10. Judeo-Persian translations; 13. 11. Arabic and Judeo-Arabic translations of Jewish literature; 14. 12. Modern Bible translations; 15. 13. Liturgies and prayerbooks; 16. Author index; 17. Subject index

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Herculean achievement [...] vast and excellent volume [...] enormous amount of information which can sustain, nourish and inspire future research. -- Rachel Leket-Mor, Tempe, Arizona, in Target Vol. 17:1 (2005)

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