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Et Sapienter et Eloquenter - Studies on Rhetorical and Stylistic Features of the Septuagint (Hardcover)
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Et Sapienter et Eloquenter - Studies on Rhetorical and Stylistic Features of the Septuagint (Hardcover)
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As the ancient Greek version of the Old Testament the Septuagint is
probably the first great translation project of Greco-Roman
antiquity. Together with the Septuagint text the religion and
culture of ancient Judaism came to the fore of a Greek speaking
audience, which did not have any access to the holy scriptures of
the Jews in Hebrew. That translation project also manifested a
transfer of religious, social, and anthropological categories and
concepts of Semitic origin to another cultural world of language
and science that itself was shaped by Hellenism.Over the last years
the Septuagint has gradually edged closer into the interest of
Biblical scholars and into the centre of historical and
philological research. In the course of this main attention has not
only been paid to further particulars of its origination in
Alexandria but also on various linguistic specifics and distinctive
features with regards to content of the Greek Bible. The question,
however, which has hardly been studied so far, is to what extent
the Greek translation of the Bible consists of stylistic and
rhetorical elements that are not present in the Hebrew source text.
Did the translators made use of their rhetoric and stylistic skills
to give their translations a distinctive ornatus? Can we, according
to Augustine, rightly claim that not only the authors of the
Biblical texts but also the translators knew to formulate et
eloquenter et sapienter, i.e. in an eloquent and wise manner? This
issue, neglected in current research, is taken up in this collected
volume. Seven scholars investigate into stylistic and rhetorical
elements present in various books of the Bible (e.g., Psalms, Amos,
and Solomon's Book of Wisdom) and establish a field of work that
deserves to receive more attention in the future.Contributors are
Eberhard Bons, Jennifer M. Dines, Katrin Hauspie, Jan Joosten,
Thomas J. Kraus, A. LA (c)onas, and K. Usener.
General
Imprint: |
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co Kg
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
July 2011 |
First published: |
August 2011 |
Editors: |
Eberhard Bons
• Thomas J. Kraus
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Dimensions: |
240 x 160mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
165 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-525-53261-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
3-525-53261-X |
Barcode: |
9783525532614 |
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