The retranslation of the sacre text: return or modernization? by G. T. Khukhuni, I. I. Valuitseva

“…Three main tendencies are postulated: 1) the return to the «right» text on sacred language and «purification» of the existing version; 2) striving for «modernization» – the transition from the traditional sacred language to the modern one; 3) the contamination of both tendencies, when the Bible is represented on «non-sacred» language, but the text is most archaized.…”
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“I Have Worn No Shoes upon This Holy Ground”: Hebrew and Religious Authority in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poems (1838, 1844) by Gal Manor

“…In her collections of poems published in 1838 and 1844, EBB reiterates her concept of Hebrew as a sacred language, a language endowed with what Bourdieu would term symbolical capital, and superior to other languages. …”
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