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Reviewed on March 1, 2016 | Spiritualandreligion
The central conceit of independent scholar Ostler's (The Last Lingua Franca) latest work is that imported and nuanced phrases, similar to archaeological finds, populate translated liturgical and scriptural texts of later missionized groups (primarily Buddhist and Christian, and secondarily Islamic), offering insights into religious transformation. Specifically, translational discrepancies across language...Log In or Sign Up to Read More