Translation as scholarship: language, writing, and bilingual education in ancient Babylonia

"For Mesopotamian scribes, translation was a means of demonstrating their skills in the focus of their discipline, the cuneiform writing system. The stress on the scribal craft resulted in practices that are foreign to traditional western concepts of translation. In their scholarly endeavors, t...

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Main Author: Crisostomo, C. Jay (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston ; Berlin de Gruyter [2019]
Series:Studies in ancient Near Eastern records volume 22
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Online Access:https://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9781501516665.jpg
Summary:"For Mesopotamian scribes, translation was a means of demonstrating their skills in the focus of their discipline, the cuneiform writing system. The stress on the scribal craft resulted in practices that are foreign to traditional western concepts of translation. In their scholarly endeavors, these scribes employed analogical hermeneutics within a cognitive frame shaped by their writing system. This book provides an extensive analysis of curricular word lists, including an edition of the Izi list, in the context of the translation practices utilized by Babylonian scribes in their education and in their scholarly production."-- Back cover
Physical Description:xix, 501 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm x 15.5 cm
ISBN:9781501516665
1501516663

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