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Ari Lamm: Partnership and Rebellion S2 E14

Meditations with Zohar

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The Importance of Translation in Jewish Thought

translation as communication takes on a sacred sanctity of its own. There's a reason why the rabbinic tradition understands the translational project as both an opportunity and a crisis. The Septuaginta relates to the origin story of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, which according to the story was done by 70 translators who in some versions are sequestered in different rooms.

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