"An Ancient Psalm, a Modern Song": Italian Translations of Hebrew Literature in the Early Modern Period

by Alessandro Guetta, Paris, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO)

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This volume presents the culmination of research on an almost ignored literary corpus: the translations into literary Italian of classical Hebrew texts made by Jews between 1550 and 1650. It includes poetry, philosophy and wisdom literature, as well as dictionaries and biblical translations produced in what their authors viewed as a national tongue, common to Christians and Jews. In so doing, the authors/translators explicitly left behind the so-called...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:900451502X

ISBN13:9789004515024

Release Date:July 2022

Publisher:Brill

Length:328 Pages

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Religion Religion & Spirituality

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