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A Saudi view on the latest oil dispute.
October 14, 2022
The Transatlantic Debate over How to Translate the Poetry of Holiday Prayers
Literalism or literary style?
From the penitential prayers (sliḥot) said in the weeks before Rosh Hashanah, through the elaborate High Holy Day liturgy, through the hosannahs and prayers for rain said on the ensuing festivals of Sukkot and Shmini Atseret, the synagogue service of this time of year is filled with piyyutim (liturgical poems). These post-talmudic and medieval compositions tend to be laden with allusions and obscure vocabulary, and are notoriously difficult to translate. Yosef Lindell looks at the various attempts to render them into English, and the controversies these engendered:
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The Transatlantic Debate over How to Translate the Poetry of Holiday Prayers
Literalism or literary style?
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