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020			_a9781139206969 (ebook)
020			_z9781107026216 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aBM496.6 _b.S64 2013
100	1		_aSmelik, Willem F., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aRabbis, Language and Translation in Late Antiquity / _cWillem F. Smelik.
246	3		_aRabbis, Language & Translation in Late Antiquity
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (591 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aExposed to multiple languages as a result of annexation, migration, pilgrimage and its position on key trade routes, the Roman Palestine of Late Antiquity was a border area where Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic dialects were all in common use. This study analyses the way scriptural translation was perceived and practised by the rabbinic movement in this multilingual world. Drawing on a wide range of classical rabbinic sources, including unused manuscript materials, Willem F. Smelik traces developments in rabbinic thought and argues that foreign languages were deemed highly valuable for the lexical and semantic light they shed on the meanings of lexemes in the holy tongue. Key themes, such as the reception of translations of the Hebrew Scriptures, multilingualism in society, and rabbinic rules for translation, are discussed at length. This book will be invaluable for students of ancient Judaism, rabbinic studies, Old Testament studies, early Christianity and translation studies.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107026216
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139206969
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37509 _d37509