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Translators as Storytellers: A Study in Septuagint Translation Technique

By John A. Beck

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing
Year
2000
ISBN
0820448508, 9780820448503
ISSN
1089-0645
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8312684 bytes)
Series
Studies in Biblical Literature 25
Pages
xiv+230\246
Topic
Religion
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-04-08 01:47:31

Description

In the third century B.C.E., translators began retelling the stories of the Hebrew Bible in Greek. The Septuagint was born but its analysis had just begun. To date, most Septuagint translation technique analysis has focused on the linguistic sensitivity of these translators, but there is more to storytelling than linguistics. Translators as Storytellers addresses the literary sensitivity of the translators, thus, expanding the tradition of translation technique analysis to include the translator’s replication of characterization, time, the patterning play of words, and the artful use of geography.

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