TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gillman, Abigail
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018//
TI  - history of German Jewish Bible translation
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
CY  - Chicago
KW  - Translating
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - Versions, Jewish
KW  - Versions
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Bible
KW  - Bibel
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - German
KW  - Yiddish
KW  - Judentum
KW  - Deutschland
AB  - Zusammenfassung: "Between 1780 and 1937, Jews in Germany produced numerous new translations of the Hebrew Bible into German. Intended for Jews who were trilingual, reading Yiddish, Hebrew, and German, they were meant less for religious use than to promote educational and cultural goals. Not only did translations give Jews vernacular access to their scripture without Christian intervention, but they also helped showcase the Hebrew Bible as a work of literature and the foundational text of modern Jewish identity. This book is the first in English to offer a close analysis of German Jewish translations as part of a larger cultural project. Looking at four distinct waves of translations, Abigail Gillman juxtaposes translations within each that sought to achieve similar goals through differing means. As she details the history of successive translations, we gain new insight into the opportunities and problems the Bible posed for different generations and gain a new perspective on modern German Jewish history.+--(Amazon.)
SN  - 9780226477695
LA  - English
N1  - Abigail Gillman
ID  - 1633854477
ER  -