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The Myth of the Creation of Woman in Genesis 2: 18–23 and its Possible Translations – the Consequences for Christian Anthropology

Publication date: 30.09.2014

Studia Religiologica, 2014, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 77 - 88

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.14.006.2379

Authors

Aleksander Gomola
Chair in Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Czapskich 4, 31-110 Kraków
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Titles

The Myth of the Creation of Woman in Genesis 2: 18–23 and its Possible Translations – the Consequences for Christian Anthropology

Abstract

This article discusses selected examples of English and Polish translations of the myth of the creation of man in Genesis 2, 18–23. Its purpose is to present various translations of the Hebrew text resulting from the polysemic character of the Hebrew terms adam and ezer kenegedo and how they may lead to different versions of the Christian anthropology and male-female relationships. The article presents the feminist interpretations of Genesis 2, 18–23 as well as its two different contemporary Polish Catholic translations resulting in two different versions of the Christian anthropology. In the conclusions, the author points to the role of translation as a factor inevitably modifying (warping) the original text.

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Information

Information: Studia Religiologica, 2014, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 77 - 88

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
The Myth of the Creation of Woman in Genesis 2: 18–23 and its Possible Translations – the Consequences for Christian Anthropology
English:

The Myth of the Creation of Woman in Genesis 2: 18–23 and its Possible Translations – the Consequences for Christian Anthropology

Authors

Chair in Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Czapskich 4, 31-110 Kraków

Published at: 30.09.2014

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Aleksander Gomola (Author) - 100%

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English