Why Was the New Testament Translated into Hebrew?

• Authors: Eran Shuali
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

After offering a short overview of the history of Hebrew translations of the New Testament from the Middle Ages to our time, this article focuses on the purposes of the different translations as reflected in what has been written and said about them by the translators themselves and by other people involved in their dissemination. Five such purposes are identified: 1. Jewish polemics against Christianity in the Middle Ages. 2. Christian study of the Hebrew language. 3. The quest for the Hebrew “original” of the New Testament. 4. The mission to the Jews. 5. The needs of the Christian communities in the State of Israel. Concluding remarks are then made regarding the way in which Hebrew translations of the New Testament were perceived throughout the ages and regarding the role they played.

Keywords

EN

Jewish-Christian relations; translation studies; Bible translation

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Open Theology
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

2016-04-20

accepted

2016-05-02

online

2016-06-14

Contributors

author

Eran Shuali

• University of Strasbourg, France

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/opth-2016-0041