Ultimo aggiornamento: 25 maggio 2021
Series: Slavische Sprachgeschichte, Vol. 5
Both Old Church Slavonic and the written culture of the Orthodox Slavs
began with translations.
In the Slavic beginning, we may say, was a word translated, a word in
transit, moved by the effort to "make Slavic" the Greek logos of
Scripture and liturgical books.
Translating texts remained a central cultural practice for the Orthodox
Slavs throughout the medieval period.
The volume brings together some of the most prominent medievalists in the
Slavic field from Europe, Israel, and the United States.
The authors reflect on translation as a
transposition of textual, spiritual and political authority, and consider it in
a continuum with other strategies for appropriating an authoritative text.