‘To Take Up a Parable’: The History of Translating a Biblical Idiom
The following study examines the history of the translation of a Biblical Hebrew phrase in Greek, Aramaic, and Latin—a phrase which shaped the English idiom “to take up a parable, proverb, or song.” As early as Greek and Aramaic Bible translations, the phrase NŚʾ mɔšɔl was translated word-for-word i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brill
2016
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2016, Volume: 66, Issue: 4, Pages: 627-645 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Hebrew language
/ Speech act
/ Translation
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAA Church history |
| Further subjects: | B
Calques
translation
Biblical Hebrew
meta-discourse
speech performance
proverb
parable
lament
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |