“bible”

Can Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig's translation of the Hebrew Bible be considered a form of Jewish speech? When and how does translation become a Jewish way of talking?

Jun 16, 2020

The recent publication of Robert Alter’s long-awaited complete translation of the entire Hebrew Bible into English is a en enormous achievement. But Alter is not the first to tackle this monumental project; almost a century earlier, Solomon Bloomgarten—better known by his pen name, Yehoash—produced a landmark translation of the same text into Yiddish. 

Apr 05, 2019