Abstract:Art may be viewed as fetish, in that it forces meaning on a chaotic world -a dynamic which is briefly illustrated in this article by means of Pablo Picasso's famous painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Similarly, translations of the biblical texts, which result from very complex processes, may be viewed as fetishes. Translation thus requires a pro cess of deducing and reducing meaning from relative chaos. A proper view of the nature of the Bible text and the theoretical load of exegetical and translation activ… Show more
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