Ryan Szpiech (“The Original is Unfaithful to the Translation: Conversion and
Authenticity in Abner of Burgos and Anselm Turmeda”) contributes a study of two
authors, Abner of Burgos (Alfonso of Valladolid), who converts from Judaism to
Christianity, and Anselm Turmeda (Abdallah al-Turjuman), who converts from
Christianity to Islam. Szpiech draws productive parallels between the authors’
conversions and the translations of their confessional texts. In both cases the two
experiences (unconverted/converted, ‘original’/translation) establish competing
authorities that are metaphorical for the ‘uncloseable gap between text and
experience.’Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64932/1/eHumanista.Original.Translation.Szpiech.pd
