Reading between the lines
Subtitle: the interlinear paradigm for Septuagint studies
By: by Cameron Boyd-Taylor
Series: Biblical tools and studies -- volume 8; Biblical tools and studies -- v. 8.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9789042922501
Subjects: Translating; Bible
Description: Known primarily through its association with the New English Translation of the Septuagint, the interlinear paradigm promises to become a key methodological tool in the field of Septuagint Studies, greatly clarifying the task of historical critical scholarship. It has, however, yet to receive a comprehensive theoretical statement. The present volume addresses this need. Drawing upon the relatively young discipline of Descriptive Translation Studies, C. Boyd-Taylor, one of the principal architects of the paradigm, outlines a conceptual framework within which it may be critically assessed. He then offers a descriptive analysis of selected texts from the Septuagint, which aims at delineating the normative dimension of the translator's work. In the concluding chapters the author maps out some of the implications of the paradigm, charting a tentative course for future scholarship. Reading between the Lines, will be of interest to scholars and students of biblical studies, Jewish studies, translation studies and anyone else interested in the Hebrew-Greek translations of antiquity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-472) and index.
Table of contents: title: PART A : Prolegomena to the study of the Septuagint. Theory and practice in Septuagint studies; title: The constitutive character of the text; title: Descriptive translation studies; title: The interlinear paradigm; title: PART B : The case for interlinearity. Aquila's barbarous version; title: a descriptive study of 3 Reigns 21:7-17; title: A predecessor of Aquila; title: The xxx Text of Reigns : a descriptive study of 4 Reigns 23:12-20; title: The way of the Greek psalmist; title: a descriptive study of Psalm 29 (MT = 30); title: In the beginning; title: Greek Genesis : a descriptive study of Genesis 1:1-5 and 11:1-9; title: PART C : Interlinearity and beyond. Interlinear translation within the literary systems of Hellenistic Judaism; title: Interlinearity and interlanguage; title: Literary translation; title: Greek Job as a special case : a descriptive study of the Old Greek of Job 41:17-26; title: Which text? Whose self-understanding? An exegetical study of Ps 109:1-3 (=MT-Ps 110:1-3).