Scribes And Translators

Author : Natalio Fernández Marcos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004275782

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Scribes and Translators by Natalio Fernández Marcos Pdf

Scribes and Translators is a critical reflection on the textual pluralism as reflected in the book of Kings. The first part of the book examines the diverse texts transmitted by the manuscripts. Special attention is paid to the Antiochene text of the Septuagint that is being edited in Madrid. The second part is devoted to the analysis of Old Latin readings, transmitted by a Spanish family of Vulgate Bibles, with no support in any of the known manuscripts. Finally, the whole evidence is discussed in the frame of the plurality of texts confirmed by the Qumran documents for those books. Based on Old Latin material recently published it sheds light on the text transmission of Kings and on the translation techniques and the history of the Biblical texts in general.

Author : Natalio Fernández Marcos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004100431

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Scribes and Translators by Natalio Fernández Marcos Pdf

This volume, based on recently published Old Latin material, provides fascinating information and discussion on the textual pluralism attested by the Hebrew texts and versions of the books of Kings, an intriguing page in the history of the biblical texts.

Author : Jay Crisostomo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 829 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501509759

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Translation as Scholarship by Jay Crisostomo Pdf

In the first half of the 2d millennium BCE, translation occasionally depicted semantically incongruous correspondences. Such cases reflect ancient scribes substantiating their virtuosity with cuneiform writing by capitalizing on phonologic, graphemic, semantic, and other resemblances in the interlingual space. These scholar–scribes employed an essential scribal practice, analogical hermeneutics, an interpretative activity grounded in analogical reasoning and empowered by the potentiality of the cuneiform script. Scribal education systematized such practices, allowing scribes to utilize these habits in copying compositions and creating translations. In scribal education, analogical hermeneutics is exemplified in the word list "Izi", both in its structure and in its occasional bilingualism. By examining "Izi" as a product of the social field of scribal education, this book argues that scribes used analogical hermeneutics to cultivate their craft and establish themselves as knowledgeable scribes. Within a linguistic epistemology of cuneiform scribal culture, translation is a tool in the hands of a knowledgeable scholar.

Author : Amanda H. Podany
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Middle East
ISBN : 9780190059040

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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings by Amanda H. Podany Pdf

"This sweeping history of the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, Iran) takes readers on a journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquest of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to bricklayers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over time are explored through their written words and the archaeological remains of the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived. Rather than chronicling three thousand years of kingdoms, the book instead creates a tapestry of life stories through which readers come to know specific individuals from many walks of life, and to understand their places within the broad history of events and institutions in the ancient Near East. These life stories are preserved on ancient cuneiform tablets, which allow us to trace, for example, the career of a weaver as she advanced to became a supervisor of a workshop, listen to a king trying to persuade his generals to prepare for a siege, and feel the pain of a starving young couple who were driven to sell all four of their young children into slavery during a famine. What might seem at first glance to be a remote and inaccessible ancient culture proves to be a comprehensible world, one that bequeathed to us many of our institutions and beliefs, a truly fascinating place to visit"--

Author : Christine Schams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567299017

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Jewish Scribes in the Second-Temple Period by Christine Schams Pdf

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series, 291

Author : Robert G. Bratcher,Eugene Albert Nida
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Translator's Handbook on the Gospel of Mark by Robert G. Bratcher,Eugene Albert Nida Pdf

Author : C. Jay Crisostomo
Publisher : de Gruyter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Education
ISBN : 1501516663

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Translation as Scholarship by C. Jay Crisostomo Pdf

For ancient cuneiform scribes, translation was a means of demonstrating their aptitude with the main focus of their discipline, the cuneiform writing system, resulting in translation practices that are foreign to typical western concepts of translat

Author : Justus Theodore Ghormley
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004472563

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Scribes Writing Scripture by Justus Theodore Ghormley Pdf

In Scribes Writing Scripture, Justus Theodore Ghormley describes how the ancient Judean scribes who expanded the Book of Jeremiah through duplication functioned as textual diviners akin to the divining scribal scholars of the ancient Near East.

Author : Antonio Garrido
Publisher : Amazon Crossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Austrasia
ISBN : 1477848835

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The Scribe by Antonio Garrido Pdf

The year is 799, and King Charlemagne awaits coronation as the Holy Roman emperor. But in the town of Würzburg, the young, willful Theresa dreams only of following in the footsteps of her scholarly father--a quiet man who taught her the forbidden pleasures of reading and writing. Though it was unthinkable for a medieval woman to pursue a career as a craftsperson, headstrong Theresa convinces the parchment-makers' guild to test her. If she passes, it means access to her beloved manuscripts and nothing less than true independence. But as she treats the skins before an audience of jeering workmen, unimaginable tragedy strikes--tearing apart Theresa's family and setting in motion a cascade of mysteries that Theresa must solve if she hopes to stay alive and save her family. A fugitive in the wilderness, Theresa is forced to rely on her bravery, her uncommon education, and the compassion of strangers. When she encounters Alcuin of York, a wise and influential monk with close ties to Charlemagne, she believes her luck might have finally changed. But the biggest secret lies between Charlemagne and her father. Theresa moves ever closer to the truth, bent on reuniting with her beloved father, only to discover that her family's troubles are inextricably entwined with nothing less than the fate of an empire.

Author : Siobhán McElduff,Enrica Sciarrino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317641070

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Complicating the History of Western Translation by Siobhán McElduff,Enrica Sciarrino Pdf

As long as there has been a need for language, there has been a need for translation; yet there is remarkably little scholarship available on pre-modern translation and translators. This exciting and innovative volume opens a window onto the complex world of translation in the multilingual and multicultural milieu of the ancient Mediterranean. From the biographies of emperors to Hittites scribes in the second millennium BCE to a Greek speaking Syrian slyly resisting translation under the Roman empire, the papers in this volume – fresh and innovative contributions by new and established scholars from a variety of disciplines including Classics, Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, and Egyptology – show that translation has always been a phenomenon to be reckoned with. Accessible and of interest to scholars of translation studies and of the ancient Mediterranean, the contributions in Complicating the History of Western Translation argue that the ancient Mediterranean was a ‘translational’ society even when, paradoxically, cultures resisted or avoided translation. Indeed, this volume envisions an expansion of the understanding of what translation is, how it works, and how it should be seen as a major cultural force. Chronologically, the papers cover a period that ranges from around the third millennium BCE to the late second century CE; geographically they extend from Egypt to Rome to Britain and beyond. Each paper prompts us to reflect about the problematic nature of translation in the ancient world and challenges monolithic accounts of translation in the West.

Author : Stella Rock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134369775

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Popular Religion in Russia by Stella Rock Pdf

This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie, is in fact an academic myth. Scholars, citing the medieval origins of the term, have often portrayed Russian Christianity as uniquely muddied by paganism, with 'double-believing' Christians consciously or unconsciously preserving pagan traditions even into the twentieth century. This volume shows how the concept of dvoeverie arose with nineteenth-century scholars obsessed with the Russian 'folk' and was perpetuated as a propaganda tool in the Soviet period, colouring our perception of both popular faith in Russian and medieval Russian culture for over a century. It surveys the wide variety of uses of the term from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, and contrasts them to its use in modern historiography, concluding that our modern interpretation of dvoeverie would not have been recognized by medieval clerics, and that 'double-belief' is a modern academic construct. Furthermore, it offers a brief foray into medieval Orthodoxy via the mind of the believer, through the language and literature of the period.

Author : Gordon D. Fee,Mark L. Strauss
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310539230

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How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee,Mark L. Strauss Pdf

With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word? How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and insight to the current debate over translations and translation theories. Written by two seasoned Bible translators, here is an authoritative guide through the maze of translations issues, written in language that everyday Bible readers can understand. Learn the truth about both the word-for-word and meaning-for-meaning translations approaches. Find out what goes into the whole process of translation, and what makes a translation accurate and reliable. Discover the strengths and potential weaknesses of different contemporary English Bible versions. In the midst of the present confusion over translations, this authoritative book speaks with an objective, fair-minded, and reassuring voice to help pastors, everyday Bible readers, and students make wise, well-informed choices about which Bible translations they can depend on and which will best meet their needs.

Author : Anthony J. Saldarini
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0802843581

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Pharisees, Scribes and Sadducees in Palestinian Society by Anthony J. Saldarini Pdf

An authoritative and unrivalled work on these three important groups which played such a vital role in the ministry of Jesus and in Jewish life.

Author : Andrea Rizzi
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 2503567851

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Vernacular Translators in Quattrocento Italy by Andrea Rizzi Pdf

This book provides a richly documented study of vernacular translators as agents within the literary culture of Italy during the fifteenth century. Through a fresh and careful examination of these early modern translators, Rizzi shows how humanist translators went about convincing readers of the value of their work in disseminating knowledge that would otherwise be inaccessible to many. The translators studied in this book include not only the well-known 'superstars' such as Leonardo Bruni, but also little-known and indeed obscure writers from throughout the Italian peninsula. Rizzi demonstrates that vernacular translation did not cease with the rise of 'humanism'. Translations from Greek into Latin spurred the concurrent production of 'new' vernacular versions. Humanists challenged themselves to produce creative and authoritative translations both from Greek and occasionally from the vernacular into Latin, and from Latin into the vernacular. Translators grew increasingly self-assertive when taking on these tasks. The findings of this study have wide implications: they trace a novel history of the use of the Italian language alongside Latin in a period when high culture was bilingual. They also shed further light on the topic of Renaissance self-fashioning, and on the workings of the patronage system, which has been studied far less in literary history than in art history. Finally, the book gives welcome emphasis to the concept that the creation and the circulation of translations (along with other literary activities) were collaborative activities, involving dedicatees, friends, and scribes, among others.

Author : Kent P. Jackson,Scott H. Faulring,Robert J. Matthews
Publisher : Shadow Mountain
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Bibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119476229

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Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible by Kent P. Jackson,Scott H. Faulring,Robert J. Matthews Pdf

This volume--the work of a lifetime--brings together all the Joseph Smith Translation manuscript in a remarkable and useful way. Now, for the first time, readers can take a careful look at the complete text, along with photos of several actual manuscript pages. The book contains a typographic transcription of all the original manuscripts, unedited and preserved exactly as dictated by the Prophet Joseph and recorded by his scribes. In addition, this volume features essays on the background, doctrinal contributions, and editorial procedures involved in the Joseph Smith Translation, as well as the history of the manuscripts since Joseph Smith's day.