Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 451 pages)
ISBN:
9789004243484
Series Statement:
Handbook of oriental studies. Section five, Japan v. 15
Content:
Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction /Doron Cohen -- 2. Historical Review of Bible Translations /Doron Cohen -- 3. The Translations of the Hebrew Bible /Doron Cohen -- 4. Translations Compared: Deuteronomy 32:8–9 in Japanese /Doron Cohen -- 5. Translations Compared: Psalm 23 in Its Numerous Versions /Doron Cohen -- 6. Translations Compared: A Variety of Examples /Doron Cohen -- 7. Concluding Observations /Doron Cohen -- Appendix: Bible Translation Debates from the Meiji Missionaries Conferences -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- List of Japanese OT Translations, with Quotations Index -- Personal Names Index -- Biblical Verses Index -- General Index.
Content:
The Japanese Translations of the Hebrew Bible: History, Inventory and Analysis , the first book of its kind in English, recounts the story of the translation of the Bible into Japanese, with particular focus on the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). It includes a detailed inventory of both full and partial OT translations into Japanese, describing the history of their making and the identity of the translators. Numerous quotations from the various translations are compared with the Hebrew original and with other versions, and analyzed linguistically and theologically. The analysis exposes the ways in which translators sought to bridge the wide linguistic and cultural gaps between the Hebrew Bible and Japan, and the ways in which their translations reflect certain aspects of Japanese society and the place of the Bible in it
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-432) and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004243477
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Cohen, Doron B. Handbook of oriental studies ; Sect. 5, Vol. 15: Japan: The Japanese translations of the Hebrew Bible Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2013 ISBN 9789004243477
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Bibel
;
Übersetzung
;
Japanisch
;
Geschichte
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004243484
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