The Global Consequences of Mistranslation: The Adoption of the “Black but …” Formulation in Europe, 1440–1650

This article investigates the genesis of a linguistic model occasioned by a mistranslation that was taken up in the Renaissance, and had an enduring global impact. I call this model the “black but…” formulation, and it is to be found in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries throughout w...

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Main Author: Lowe, K. J. P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2012]
In: Religions
Year: 2012, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 544-555
Further subjects:B Renaissance
B Slave
B Black
B linguistic formulation
B “Song of Songs”
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