Translating religion : linguistic analysis of Judeo-Arabic sacred texts from Egypt / by Benjamin H. Hary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hary, Benjamin H., author.

Series:

Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; Tome 38.

Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval, 1568-5004 ; Tome 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judeo-Arabic language--Dialects--Egypt.

Judeo-Arabic language.

Judeo-Arabic literature--Egypt--History and criticism.

Judeo-Arabic literature.

Jews--Egypt--Languages.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Translations of Hebrew and Aramaic sacred texts into Jewish languages, religiolects, and varieties have been widespread throughout the Jewish world. This volume is a study of the genre of these translations, known as the šarḥ, into Judeo-Arabic in Egypt in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The study places Judeo-Arabic along the Jewish linguistic spectrum, traces its history and offers insights to the spoken variety of Egyptian Judeo-Arabic, which set it apart from other Arabic dialects. The book also provides a linguistic model of the translation of the sacred texts. Rather than viewing the translation as only verbatim, the study traces in great detail the literal/interpretive linguistic tension with which the translators struggled in their work.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / B. Hary

Chapter One. The Jewish Linguistic Spectrum / B. Hary

Chapter Two. Judeo-Arabic Within The Jewish Linguistic Spectrum / B. Hary

Chapter Three. The Translation Of Sacred Texts Into Judeo-Arabic (The šarḥ) / B. Hary

Chapter Four. Spoken Egyptian Judeo-Arabic: The Evidence From The Šarḥ Texts / B. Hary

Chapter Five. Additional Linguistic Issues Of The Šarḥ Tradition / B. Hary

Chapter Six. Applying The Model / B. Hary

Chapter Seven. The Phrase And The Word Levels / B. Hary

Chapter Eight. The Morphosyntactic Level / B. Hary

Chapter Nine. The Segment Level / B. Hary

Bibliography / B. Hary

Index / B. Hary.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-60315-9

9786612603150

90-474-4437-X

OCLC:

593341959

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004173828.i-360 DOI