The Septuagint's translation of the Hebrew verbal system in Chronicles
By: by Roger Good
Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum -- 136
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004151581
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The plan of this study; title: Previous studies; title: This study compared with previous studies; title: The translators, their task and achievement; title: The translators and their background; title: The Alexandrian Jewish community-its language and culture; title: The reason(s) for the translation; title: The translators; title: The place and time of translation; title: Their task and achievement; title: The source text and the prestige of the source and target languages; title: Model(s) for and precedents of translation; title: The method of translation; title: The achievement of the translators : what was produced, and their ability; title: The reception of the Septuagint; title: The Hebrew and Greek verb systems; title: Excursus: Verbal features : aktionsart-lexis and the text-linguistic context; title: Lexical meaning (lexis); title: Context : (clause types and discourse pragmatics); title: The Hebrew verb system; title: Indicative forms; title: Participles and infinitives; title: Volitive forms; title: Clause types; title: Changes in the Hebrew verbal system; title: The Greek verb system; title: Indicative mood; title: Participles and infinitives; title: Volitive forms; title: Clause types; title: The translation of Hebrew verbs in Chronicles; title: The production and translation of Chronicles; title: Verb forms in Chronicles according to text types; title: The Hebrew verb forms with their Greek equivalents; title: Indicative forms; title: Participles and infinitives; title: The translation of verb forms according to clause types and historical-linguistic changes; title: The rationale for Greek verb forms; title: Greek indicative forms and participles; title: Indicative forms; title: Participles and other forms; title: Anomalies in the translation of verbs; title: Minuses and pluses; title: Word order variation; title: Structure and clause type variation; title: Tense variation; title: How the translation of the verbs reflects the translator's understanding of the Hebrew verbal system; title: Historical linguistic context : two registers; title: Textual linguistic context : clause types, aktionsart, discourse pragmatics, and divine agency; title: Cultural context : philosophy and antecedents of translation.