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A History of Modern Translation Knowledge: Sources, concepts, effects
Edited by Lieven D’hulst and Yves Gambier
[Benjamins Translation Library 142] 2018
► pp. 389–395

Chapter 6.5
History of translation knowledge of monotheistic religions with written tradition

Keywords: sacred texts, Bible, Qurʾān, covert religious censorship, metatexts
Article outline
  • 1.Central importance of sacred language and translation in the history of religions
  • 2.Regulated nature of religious translation
  • 3.Examples from the history of religious translation
  • 4.Open questions, criticism and limitations
  • References
  • Further reading
Published online: 28 June 2018
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Smelik, Willem F.
2013 Rabbis, Language and Translation in Late Antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
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