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Japheth in the Tents of Shem - Greek Bible Translations in Byzantine Judaism (Hardcover)
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Japheth in the Tents of Shem - Greek Bible Translations in Byzantine Judaism (Hardcover)
Series: Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism, 30
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Much scholarly attention has been paid to the Greek Bible
translations employed in the Byzantine Church, whereas those used
in the Byzantine synagogue have so far been largely ignored.
Nicholas de Lange attempts to remedy this lack by collecting
together all the available evidence for such translations from the
Cairo Genizah fragments and other manuscript sources, setting it
within its context in Byzantine Judaism. He traces the history of
the translations over a period of a thousand years and demonstrates
the persistence of a certain approach to translation which
ultimately goes back to ancient Judaism and has left its mark on
the Septuagint and in the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as in the
Rabbinic literature and the Targums. Much attention focuses on the
lost translation of Akylas (also known as Aquila) which played a
key role in the dissemination of Rabbinic Judaism in the
Greek-speaking communities of the Near East and Europe. There are
traces also of the Septuagint, something which raises intriguing
questions about a continuing Kulturkampf in Byzantium between
Hellenism and Rabbinism; might this have implications for the
understanding of Byzantine Karaism and Jewish-Christian relations?
Byzantine Judaism played a key role in the transmission of Jewish
religious culture from the Near East to Western Europe, meaning
that this study has wide ramifications. The book is intended as a
contribution to Greek Bible studies, Byzantine studies and Jewish
studies. Most of the source materials were discovered and published
by the author, with this being the first time they have been
brought together and studied in book form.
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