Abstract
The article considers the development of translation ideas as viewed from a gender-studies perspective. The author elucidates three lines of feminist approach towards the Bible, namely: its rejection as the book refl ecting the masculine bias; the application of gender critique in order to make manifest and subsequently deconstruct its patriarchal nature; the use of “depatriarchalizing principle” which lies in the close reading of the Bible in order to reveal its true meaning of equality. The last approach entails signifi cant implications and possibilities for translators who can make the Bible “inclusive” and its women visible. Key words: feminism, gender studies, Bible translation, inclusive language, depatriarchalizing principle, gender-neutral translation.
Highlights
Interpretations, revisions and translations of canonical texts and their authoritative or even authorized translations are never innocent, since they are bound to reflect ideological and/or aesthetic affiliations of people or organizations behind the translation project
The assumptions of this paper are grounded in a multidisciplinary approach at the interface of Bible Studies, Translation Studies and Gender Studies
Academic research and general publications exploring the paradigm of gender and Bible translation pave the way for further developments in Biblical exegesis, which, audacious as they are, may shatter the longstanding prejudices and misunderstandings resulting from biased interpretations of the past
Summary
Interpretations, revisions and translations of canonical texts and their authoritative or even authorized translations are never innocent, since they are bound to reflect ideological and/or aesthetic affiliations of people or organizations behind the translation project. As Sherry Simon, one of the leading feminist Translation Studies scholars, argues, Bible translations, being produced for a specific community or readership, have often had “the overtly political ends” and, adapted the text for that particular purpose [12, p. Some feminists insist on dismissing the Holy Scripture from the feminist discourse as an irremediably patriarchal book reflecting the values which feminists are struggling to combat; others argue that the perusal of biblical texts may deconstruct faulty misogynistic interpretations and, concomitantly, make women more “visible” there
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