Transformations in the Septuagint: Towards an Interaction of Septaguint Studies and Translation Studies (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology) [Paperback]

T.A.W. van der Louw (Author)

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Publication Date: June 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 9042918888 | ISBN-13: 978-9042918887

This study inaugurates interaction between Septuagint research and Translation Studies. From the field of Translation Studies the author has singled out approaches suited to LXX-research. The historical survey of views of translation in Antiquity reveals that among Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Jews similar disputes about language and translatability existed. Three Septuagint-chapters, Genesis 2, Isaiah 1 and Proverbs 6, are analysed in-depth, whereby the transformations ('shifts') are categorised with help of linguistic Translation Studies. Before ascribing 'deviations' either to the translator's ideology or to a variant in the Hebrew parent text, we must ascertain that the 'deviation' does not have a purely translational origin. Every transformation has a reason, and by categorizing the reasons behind all transformations one can trace the translational hierarchy that (un)consciously guided the translator. The rationale behind a transformation can be detected by analysing the literal alternative which the translator rejected. The conclusions of this study are of importance for Translation Studies, Classical Studies and Theology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: Peeters (June 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9042918888
• ISBN-13: 978-9042918887
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,183,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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