Review: Edward Mendelson: (1) Translating the Bible
Three books about the language of the Bible, each with different ideas about what it says, how it holds together, and how a translator should interpret it. To translate anything—anything deeper than an appliance manual—is to leap into turbulent waters. Nothing can tell a translator which direction to turn, which currents to follow. Should the translator…
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