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Translating Myth (Hardcover): Ben Pestell, Pietra Palazzolo, Leon Burnett Translating Myth (Hardcover)
Ben Pestell, Pietra Palazzolo, Leon Burnett
R2,832 Discovery Miles 28 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ever since Odysseus heard tales of his own exploits being retold among strangers, audiences and readers have been alive to the complications and questions arising from the translation of myth. How are myths taken and carried over into new languages, new civilizations, or new media? An international group of scholars is gathered in this volume to present diverse but connected case studies which address the artistic and political implications of the changing condition of myth - this most primal and malleable of forms. 'Translation' is treated broadly to encompass not only literary translation, but also the transfer of myth across cultures and epochs. In an age when the spiritual world is in crisis, Translating Myth constitutes a timely exploration of myth's endurance, and represents a consolidation of the status of myth studies as a discipline in its own right.

Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures (Hardcover): Fadhil Al-Azzawi Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures (Hardcover)
Fadhil Al-Azzawi; Translated by Fadhil Al-Azzawi; Edited by Hannah Somerville; Introduction by Farouk Yousif
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hell Empty, Heaven Full - Stirring Compassion for the Lost (Paperback, Reissue ed.): Reinhard Bonnke Hell Empty, Heaven Full - Stirring Compassion for the Lost (Paperback, Reissue ed.)
Reinhard Bonnke
R423 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Scripture and Its Interpretation – A Global, Ecumenical Introduction to the Bible (Paperback): Michael J. Gorman Scripture and Its Interpretation – A Global, Ecumenical Introduction to the Bible (Paperback)
Michael J. Gorman
R1,153 R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Save R379 (33%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Top-notch biblical scholars from around the world and from various Christian traditions offer a fulsome yet readable introduction to the Bible and its interpretation. The book concisely introduces the Old and New Testaments and related topics and examines a wide variety of historical and contemporary interpretive approaches, including African, African-American, Asian, and Latino streams. Contributors include N. T. Wright, M. Daniel Carroll R., Stephen Fowl, Joel Green, Michael Holmes, Edith Humphrey, Christopher Rowland, and K. K. Yeo, among others. Questions for reflection and discussion, an annotated bibliography, and a glossary are included.

The Translator as Writer (Hardcover): Susan Bassnett, Peter Bush The Translator as Writer (Hardcover)
Susan Bassnett, Peter Bush
R4,923 Discovery Miles 49 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the last two decades, interest in translation around the world has increased beyond any predictions. International bestseller lists now contain large numbers of translated works, and writers from Latin America, Africa, India and China have joined the lists of eminent, bestselling European writers and those from the global English-speaking world. Despite this, translators tend to be invisible, as are the processes they follow and the strategies they employ when translating. The Translator as Writer bridges the divide between those who study translation and those who produce translations, through essays written by well-known translators talking about their own work as distinctive creative literary practice. The book emphasises this creativity, arguing that translators are effectively writers, or rewriters who produce works that can be read and enjoyed by an entirely new audience. The aim of the book is to give a proper prominence to the role of translators and in so doing to move attention back to the act of translating, away from more abstract speculation about what translation might involve.

Poverty - Responding Like Jesus (Paperback): Kenneth R Himes, Conor M Kelly Poverty - Responding Like Jesus (Paperback)
Kenneth R Himes, Conor M Kelly; Contributions by Church in the 21st Century Center
R398 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The poor will always be with you, Jesus said - but that doesn't mean Christians have ever figured out how to be with the poor. Pope Francis has emphasized a vision of a "Church that is poor and for the poor." But growing economic inequality continues to spread across the globe. This book takes a fresh look at the role of churches, and individual Christians, in relating to poverty and the poor among them. A strong focus is placed on the biblical and theological roots of the Church's commitment to care for the poor. At times praised as a virtue and blessed as a condition, poverty easily confuses us, and we are often left doing little to nothing to make a difference with and for the poor. As a social evil and a burden, poverty has elicited many kinds of reactions among the followers of Christ. It is time for Christians to figure out what to do about it. Contributors include Pope Francis, Pheme Perkins, Sandra M. Schneider, and Thomas Massaro SJ.

Speaking in Tongues (Hardcover): J. M. Coetzee, Mariana Dimopulos Speaking in Tongues (Hardcover)
J. M. Coetzee, Mariana Dimopulos
R380 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R41 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This is a book about languages, what languages can and what they cannot do.

In this dialogue between a Nobel Laureate and a leading translator, provocative ideas emerge about the evolution of language and the challenge of translation.

Language, historically speaking, has always been slippery. Two dictionaries provide two different maps of the universe: which one is true, or are both false? Speaking in Tongues - taking the form of a dialogue between Nobel-Laureate novelist J. M. Coetzee and eminent translator Mariana Dimópulos - explores questions that have constantly plagued writers and translators, now more than ever. Among them:

  • How can a translator liberate meanings imprisoned in the language of a text?
  • Why is the masculine form dominant in gendered languages while the feminine is treated as a deviation?
  • How should we counter the spread of monolingualism?
  • Should a translator censor racist or misogynistic language?
  • Does mathematics tell the truth about everything?

In the tradition of Walter Benjamin’s seminal essay 'The Task of the Translator', Speaking in Tongues emerges as an engaging and accessible work of philosophy, shining a light on some of the most important linguistic and philological issues of our time.
Prophecy (Paperback): W.E. Vine Prophecy (Paperback)
W.E. Vine
R599 R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Save R57 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Constructing Jesus - Memory, Imagination, and History (Paperback): Dale C., Jr. Allison Constructing Jesus - Memory, Imagination, and History (Paperback)
Dale C., Jr. Allison
R1,462 Discovery Miles 14 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? In this volume, now in paperback, internationally renowned Jesus scholar Dale Allison Jr. addresses such perennially fascinating questions about Jesus. The acclaimed hardcover edition received the Biblical Archaeology Society's "Best Book Relating to the New Testament" award in 2011.
Representing the fruit of several decades of research, this major work questions standard approaches to Jesus studies and rethinks our knowledge of the historical Jesus in light of recent progress in the scientific study of memory. Allison's groundbreaking alternative strategy calls for applying what we know about the function of human memory to our reading of the Gospels in order to "construct Jesus" more soundly.

Islamic State in Translation - Four Atrocities, Multiple Narratives (Hardcover): Balsam Mustafa Islamic State in Translation - Four Atrocities, Multiple Narratives (Hardcover)
Balsam Mustafa
R3,541 Discovery Miles 35 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Offering an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of Arabic and English language narratives of the Islamic State terrorist group, this book investigates how these narratives changed across national and media boundaries. Utilizing insights and methodologies from translation studies, communication studies and sociology, Islamic State in Translation explores how multimodal narratives of IS and survivors were fragmented, circulated and translated in the context of the terrorist action carried out by Islamic State against the people and culture of Iraq, as well as against other victims around the world. Closely examining four atrocities, the Speicher massacre, the enslavement of Ezidi women, execution videos and videos of the destruction of Iraqi cultural heritage, Balsam Mustafa explores how the Arabic and English-language narratives of these events were translated, developed, and fragmented. In doing so, she advances a socio-narrative theory and reconsiders translation in the new media environment, within a broader socio-political field of inquiry.

The Stone Serpent - Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved (Paperback): Nouri Al-Jarrah The Stone Serpent - Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved (Paperback)
Nouri Al-Jarrah; Translated by Catherine Cobham
R384 R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Save R21 (5%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Syrian poet Nouri al-Jarrah brings to life a story that can never again be lost in time after a single line in Aramaic on a tombstone fired his imagination. This inspiring epic poem awakens two extraordinary lovers, Barates, a Syrian from Palmyra, and Regina, the Celtic slave he freed and married, from where they have lain at rest beside Hadrian's Wall for eighteen centuries, and tells their unique story. Barates' elegy to his beloved wife, who died young at 30, is, however, not about mythologizing history. With the poet himself an exile in Britain for 40 years from his birthplace of Damascus, the poem forges new connections with today, linking al-Jarrah's personal journey with that of his ancient forebear Barates, who resisted slavery with love. Barates' Eastern song also questions whether the young Celtic fighters, the Tattooed Ones, were really barbarians, as they emerged from forest mists to defend their hills and rivers and their way of life from the Romans, and died or lay wounded at the twisting stone serpent that was Hadrian's Wall.

Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature (Hardcover): Charles B. Puskas Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature (Hardcover)
Charles B. Puskas
R837 R726 Discovery Miles 7 260 Save R111 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Chinese Woman from the Painting (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Florence Tholozan, N Theo The Chinese Woman from the Painting (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Florence Tholozan, N Theo
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Take Heart (Hardcover): Hemchand Gossai Take Heart (Hardcover)
Hemchand Gossai
R1,047 Discovery Miles 10 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Scripture, Cultures, and Criticism (Hardcover): K K Yeo Scripture, Cultures, and Criticism (Hardcover)
K K Yeo; Foreword by Kathy Ehrensperger
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Christ Is Dead, Long Live the Christ (Hardcover): Andrew Oberg The Christ Is Dead, Long Live the Christ (Hardcover)
Andrew Oberg
R1,373 R1,147 Discovery Miles 11 470 Save R226 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Why I Preach from the Received Text - An Anthology of Essays by Reformed Ministers (Hardcover): Jeffrey T Riddle, Christian M... Why I Preach from the Received Text - An Anthology of Essays by Reformed Ministers (Hardcover)
Jeffrey T Riddle, Christian M McShaffrey
R724 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R74 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Wee Book a Glesca Banter - An A-Z of Glasgow Phrases (Paperback): Iain Gray The Wee Book a Glesca Banter - An A-Z of Glasgow Phrases (Paperback)
Iain Gray
R95 R85 Discovery Miles 850 Save R10 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
This I Believe (Hardcover): Paul E. Dinter This I Believe (Hardcover)
Paul E. Dinter; Foreword by Joseph J. Fahey
R850 R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Save R116 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Conversing with God (Hardcover): Terry Giles Conversing with God (Hardcover)
Terry Giles
R1,324 Discovery Miles 13 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Global English Style Guide - Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market (Hardcover edition) (Hardcover):... The Global English Style Guide - Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market (Hardcover edition) (Hardcover)
John R Kohl
R2,069 Discovery Miles 20 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Brief Guide to New Testament Interpretation (Hardcover): Roy A. Harrisville A Brief Guide to New Testament Interpretation (Hardcover)
Roy A. Harrisville; Foreword by Roy A. Harrisville
R821 R710 Discovery Miles 7 100 Save R111 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Church and Her Scriptures (Hardcover): Catherine Brown Tkacz, Douglas Kries The Church and Her Scriptures (Hardcover)
Catherine Brown Tkacz, Douglas Kries
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Diccionario Espanol-Ingles Merriam-Webster (English, Spanish, Paperback): Merriam-Webster Diccionario Espanol-Ingles Merriam-Webster (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Merriam-Webster
R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Handbook for African Mother-Tongue Bible Translators (Hardcover): Isaac Boaheng A Handbook for African Mother-Tongue Bible Translators (Hardcover)
Isaac Boaheng
R1,664 Discovery Miles 16 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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