18 events with tag "translation"
250 BC
ID: 4819
Septuagint translation begins in Alexandria - 70/72 Jewish scholars translate Hebrew scriptures into Greek under Ptolemy II Philadelphus
ID: 4819
130
ID: 4826
Aquila's Greek translation - Student of Rabbi Akiva creates hyper-literal Greek translation to replace Septuagint for Jews
ID: 4826
130
ID: 4869
Aquila the Proselyte's motivations - Convert to Judaism creates translation after Christians use LXX prophecies effectively
ID: 4869
150
ID: 4831
Theodotion's Greek translation - Another Jewish translation of Hebrew scriptures, less literal than Aquila's
ID: 4831
190
ID: 4836
Symmachus the Ebionite's translation - Elegant Greek translation by Jewish-Christian, avoids Christian-friendly readings
ID: 4836
240
ID: 4837
Origen creates the Hexapla - Six-column Bible comparing Hebrew, transliteration, Aquila, Symmachus, LXX, Theodotion
ID: 4837
382
ID: 3821
St. Jerome begins Vulgate translation - Pope Damasus commissions Latin Bible, 30 years work
ID: 3821
386
ID: 3785
St. Jerome establishes monastery in Bethlehem - translates Scripture (Vulgate), brings monasticism to Holy Land
ID: 3785
500
ID: 4876
Targumim completed - Aramaic translations/paraphrases of Hebrew Bible, interpretive tradition diverges from LXX
ID: 4876
735
ID: 4924
May 26, 735
Death of St. Bede the Venerable - Doctor of the Church, died after finishing translation of Gospel of John
ID: 4924
1125
ID: 185
Toledo translation movement accelerates - Arabic works of Aristotle, medicine, mathematics pour into Latin West
ID: 185
1150
ID: 190
Gerard of Cremona translating in Toledo - will translate 87 works including Avicenna's Canon of Medicine
ID: 190
1156
ID: 5451
Peter the Venerable dies; as ninth abbot of Cluny he commissioned first Latin translation of the Quran and defended monastery against Cistercian criticism
ID: 5451
1382
ID: 68
John Wycliffe translates Bible into English - challenging Church monopoly on Scripture
ID: 68
1462
ID: 3566
Ficino translates Plato and Hermes Trismegistus (1462-1463) - Medici commission - Hermetic texts believed ancient - Mix of magic, astrology, alchemy - 'As above, so below'
ID: 3566
1469
ID: 5164
Ficino completes Latin translation of Plato's complete works - first in West, transforms European philosophy
ID: 5164
1604
ID: 3448
King James Bible Translation commissioned (1604-1611) - Includes strengthened Exodus 22:18: 'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live' - Translation committee includes hermetic scholars
ID: 3448
1982
ID: 2004
FASB issues comprehensive guidance on foreign currency translation
ID: 2004