Few texts pose as many challenges to the modern translator as the Hebrew Bible, with its rich and complex language, syntax and style. “The Challenges of Translating the Bible” will take place at 6 p.m ...
Ever since Mary Douglas’s anthropological foray into the laws of impurity in Leviticus in Purity and Danger (1966), her work on the Bible has been constantly stimulating and, at its best, deeply ...
The Hebrew Bible incorporates a great deal of artfully fashioned narrative prose and finely articulated poetry. These are essential to the vision of God, creation, and humanity conveyed in the texts, ...