Gender Issues in Ancient and Reformation Translations of Genesis 1-4

by Helen Kraus

This book deals with Bible translation and its development from Antiquity to the Reformation. Helen Kraus compares and analyses those translated passages in Genesis 1-4 that deal with the male-female dynamic, tracing linguistic and ideological processes and seeking to determine the extent of interaction between contemporary culture and translation. In response to the challenge of late 20th-century 'second wave' feminist scholarship, Kraus considers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199600783
• ISBN13: 9780199600786
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"