Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
PaRDeS; Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien
Angaben zur Quelle:
25 (2019) 73-88
Keywords:
Korah
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Cohen, David, Criticism and interpretation
;
Ashkenazi, Yaakov ben Yitzchak,
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Bible Hermeneutics
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Bible. Appreciation
;
Translating and interpreting Philosophy
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Television series History and criticism
Abstract:
Scholars of modern Jewish thought explore the hermeneutics of “translation” to describe the transference of concepts between discourses. I suggest a more radical approach – translation as transvaluation – is required. Eschewing modern tests of truth such as “the author would have accepted it” and “the author should have accepted it,”this radical form of translation is intentionally unfaithful to original meanings. However, it is not a reductionist reading or a liberating text. Instead, it is a persistent squabble depending on both source and translation for sustenance. Exploring this paradigm entails a review of three expositions of the Korah biblical narrative; three readings dedicated to keeping an eye on current events: (1) Tsene-rene (Prague, 1622), biblical prose;(2) Yaldei Yisrael Kodesh, (Tel Aviv, 1973), a secular Zionist reworking of Tsene-rene; and(3) The Jews are Coming (Israel, 2014–2017) a satirical television show.
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