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The 8th of Teves and Chasam Sofer's Fascination with it
The 8th of Teves and Chasam Sofer's Fascination with it
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode we cover:
A bit on the Chabad celebration of 5 Teves, "Yom Didan Natzach"
Background on Megillas Taanis - both the Tannaitic and Geonic versions
Attitudes toward the translation of the Torah into Greek - in Chazal and among other groups
The Chasam Sofer's fascination with the 8th of Teves as the day commemorating the translation
Links to articles mentioned:
Moshe Simon-Shoshan, "The Tasks of the Translators: The Rabbis, The Septuagint, and the Cultural Politics of Translation"
Maoz Kahana, "How Chatam Sofer Vanquished Spinoza" (Hebrew)
Elli Fischer, "Azariah de Rossi's Fascination with the Septuagint"
A bit on the Chabad celebration of 5 Teves, "Yom Didan Natzach"
Background on Megillas Taanis - both the Tannaitic and Geonic versions
Attitudes toward the translation of the Torah into Greek - in Chazal and among other groups
The Chasam Sofer's fascination with the 8th of Teves as the day commemorating the translation
Links to articles mentioned:
Moshe Simon-Shoshan, "The Tasks of the Translators: The Rabbis, The Septuagint, and the Cultural Politics of Translation"
Maoz Kahana, "How Chatam Sofer Vanquished Spinoza" (Hebrew)
Elli Fischer, "Azariah de Rossi's Fascination with the Septuagint"
Released:
Dec 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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