Faithful renderings Jewish-Christian difference and the politics of translation / [electronic resource] :
Naomi Seidman.
- University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- 1 online resource (viii, 333 p.)
- Afterlives of the Bible .
- Afterlives of the Bible. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The translator as double agent -- Immaculate translation : sexual fidelity, textual transmission, and the virgin birth -- "The beauty of Greece in the tents of Shem" : Aquila between the camps -- False friends : conversion and translation from Jerome to Luther -- A translator culture -- The Holocaust in every tongue -- Translation and assimilation : Singer in America -- Endecktes Judenthum? : a translator's note.
Faithful Renderings reads translation history through the lens of Jewish-Christian difference and, conversely, views Jewish-Christian difference as an effect of translation. Subjecting translation to a theological-political analysis, Seidman asks how the charged Jewish-Christian relationship--and more particularly the dependence of Christianity on the texts and translations of a rival religion--has haunted the theory and practice of translation in the West. Bringing together central issues in translation studies with episodes in Jewish-Christian history, Naomi Seidman considers a range of texts.
Jews--Languages--Translating. Hebrew language--Translating. Jewish literature--Translations--History and criticism. Judaism--Relations--Christianity. Christianity and other religions--Judaism. Translating and interpreting--Political aspects. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Translating & Interpreting. Oude Testament. Vertalingen. Joden. Christenen.