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The Character of the Syriac Version of Psalms: A Study of Psalms 90-150 in the Peshitta

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2008
ISBN
9004170561, 9789004170568
ISSN
0169-9008
Google Books ID
Xs70ZtMSeUQC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2187107 bytes)
Series
Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Leiden 17
Pages
xviii+438\457
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2014-08-28 15:33:18

Description

This book investigates the character of the "Peshitta" in "Psalms 90-150" in order to facilitate the proper use of this version in textual criticism. It identifies the Peshitta's translation techniques and it discusses the version's interpretation of difficult passages in the Hebrew text. The question of the Hebrew Vorlage behind the "Peshitta Psalter" is raised. Also investigated here is the relationship between the "Peshitta Psalms" and the "LXX" and "Targum", and an assessment of the supposed influence of these versions on the "Peshitta Psalter" is offered. Inquiry is made into the theology of the translation, the identity of the translators, and the relationships among the manuscripts of the "Peshitta Psalter". This text is designed as a tool for scholars who, when confronted by critical questions in the Psalter, seek to understand the readings preserved in the "Peshitta".

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