The Septuagint, Scribalism, and Command-Execution Pairing
The coupling of corresponding commands and executions is a well-attested literary trope in ancient Hebrew and cognate texts. When the Septuagint is considered in the context of Hebrew/Jewish scribalism in the Second Temple period, there are similar cases where command and execution are paired or a p...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Published: |
2020
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Henoch
Year: 2020, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 314-331 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Written works
/ Translation
/ Old Testament
/ Judaism
B Judaism / Translation / Greek language / Old Testament |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Exodus 8
B Scribalism B Command-execution B Genesis 1 B Septuagint |
Summary: | The coupling of corresponding commands and executions is a well-attested literary trope in ancient Hebrew and cognate texts. When the Septuagint is considered in the context of Hebrew/Jewish scribalism in the Second Temple period, there are similar cases where command and execution are paired or a pairing is made more exact. Though it is often sidelined because it is a translation written in Greek, the Septuagint belongs in the context of Jewish scribalism, and translation into Greek is profitably considered as one aspect of scribalism. |
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ISSN: | 0393-6805 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Henoch
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