A Genealogy of Lust: The Use of Hesiod’s Theogony in the LXX Translation of the Book of Proverbs
Abstract In this study I argue that the translator of Prov 24:50–51 LXX (30:15–16 MT ) adapts the Hebrew text to his Hellenistic audience by alluding to Hesiod’s Theogony . The core message of these verses—the ineluctability of cosmic greed—remains the same, yet the images employed in the Septuagint...
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| Language: | English |
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2021
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Textus
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-42 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hesiodus ca. 8 BC./7. Jh.
/ Theogony
/ Proverbs
/ Translation
/ Bible. Sprichwörter 30,15
/ Hellenism
/ Judaism
/ Alexandria
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Theogony
B Hesiod B Second Temple Judaism B book of Proverbs B Septuagint |
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