Rabbis, language and translation in late antiquity /

Rabbis, language and translation in late antiquity /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smelik, Willem F., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 571 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Rabbinical literature -- Translating. Rabbinical literature -- Translations. Jews -- Languages -- History. Jews -- History -- 70-638. Translating and interpreting -- History -- To 1500. Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425. Jews. Jews -- Languages. Judaism -- Talmudic period. Rabbinical literature. Rabbinical literature -- Translating. Translating and interpreting. History. Translations.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11832036

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ISBN:	9781461953555 1461953553 9781139206969 1139206966 9781107464926 1107464927 9781107473058 1107473055 1107026210 9781107026216
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	Comprehensive discussion of how languages and translations were perceived and practised in the multilingual Jewish societies of Late Antiquity.
Other form:	Print version: Smelik, Willem F. Rabbis, language and translation in late antiquity 9781107026216

Table of Contents:

Multilingualism and the holy tongue. The family of languages
The holy tongue
The multilingual context of language selection
The locus of translation. The terminology of translation
Chanting the scriptures
Between Holy Writ and Oral Tora
Ashurit and alphabet
Rabbis and translation. Targum in Talmud
The faces of Aquila.