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This unique book is an exploration of Christianity alongside Jewish
guides who are well-studied in and sympathetic to Christianity, but
who remain "near Christianity."Reflecting on his journeys within
biblical studies and contemporary Jewish-Christian dialogue,
Anthony Le Donne illustrates not only the value but also the
necessity of continued Jewish friendship for the Christian life.
With the help of Jewish friends and mentors, he presents a deeper
and more complex Christian faith, offering readers a better vision
of the beauty and genius of Christianity, but also an honest look
at its warts and failings. Weaving his own story and personal
conversations with Jewish friends, Le Donne, a respected scholar
and published author, models how his fellow Christians can avoid
blurring the differences between Christianity and Judaism on the
one hand and exaggerating them on the other.
Jewish Bible Translations is the first book to examine Jewish Bible
translations from the third century BCE to our day. It is an
overdue corrective of an important story that has been regularly
omitted or downgraded in other histories of Bible translation.
Examining a wide range of translations over twenty-four centuries,
Leonard Greenspoon delves into the historical, cultural,
linguistic, and religious contexts of versions in eleven languages:
Arabic, Aramaic, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish. He profiles many Jewish
translators, among them Buber, Hirsch, Kaplan, Leeser, Luzzatto,
Mendelssohn, Orlinsky, and Saadiah Gaon, framing their aspirations
within the Jewish and larger milieus in which they worked.
Greenspoon differentiates their principles, styles, and
techniques-for example, their choice to emphasize either literal
reflections of the Hebrew or distinctive elements of the vernacular
language-and their underlying rationales. As he highlights
distinctive features of Jewish Bible translations, he offers new
insights regarding their shared characteristics and their limits.
Additionally, Greenspoon shows how profoundly Jewish translators
and interpreters influenced the style and diction of the King James
Bible. Accessible and authoritative for all from beginners to
scholars, Jewish Bible Translations enables readers to make their
own informed evaluations of individual translations and to
holistically assess Bible translation within Judaism.
The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln
and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection
of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther.
From questions of textual criticism to the history of rabbinic
interpretation to speculation on the modern form of commentary,
this collection is sure to contain something for everyone
interested in the book of Esther. Contributors include such
well-known Esther scholars as Michael Fox, David Clines, and Carey
Moore.
Jews and humour is, for most people, a natural and felicitous
collocation. In spite of, or perhaps because of, a history of
crises and living on the edge, Jews have often created or resorted
to humour. But what is "humour"? And what makes certain types,
instances, or performances of humour "Jewish"? These are among the
myriad queries addressed by the fourteen authors whose essays are
collected in this volume. And, thankfully, their observations,
always apt and often witty, are expressed with a lightness of style
and a depth of analysis that are appropriate to the many topics
they cover. The chronological range of these essays is vast: from
the Hebrew Bible to the 2000s, with many stops in between for
Talmudic texts, medieval parodies, eighteenth century joke books,
and twentieth century popular entertainment. The subject matter is
equally impressive.In addition to rounding up many of the "usual
suspects," such as Woody Allen, the Marx Brothers, and Gilda
Radner, these authors also scout out some unlikely comic resources,
like the author of the biblical book of Exodus, the rabbinic writer
of Genesis Rabbah, and the party records star Belle Barth. Without
forcing any of these characters into a pre-constructed mould, the
scholars who contributed to this collection allow readers both to
discern the common features that make up "Jewish humour" and to
delight in the individualism and eccentricities of the many figures
whose lives and accomplishments are narrated here. Because these
essays are written in a clear, jargon-free style, they will appeal
to everyone-even those who don't usually crack a smile!</ p>
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