Our Homeland, the Text

George Steiner

1985

Successive, often polemic interpretations, citations in a context of sacred doctrine or of political-historical opportunity, construe, around the archaic, cardinal words in the Hebrew canon, a resonant field. An aura of vital paraphrase and definition extends around the word-core; or of dubious definition and misunderstanding, no less dynamic…

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George Steiner

1929–2020
A cultural and literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher, Paris-born George Steiner became an American citizen. He later became professor of comparative literature at Geneva and Cambridge universities. His writings address issues related to translation, the nature of language and literature, and culture.

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