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Translation and Style in the Old Greek Psalter

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While some describe the Greek Psalter as a “slavish” or “interlinear” translation with “dreadfully poor poetry,” how would its original audience have described it? Positioning the translation withi...
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  • 11 November 2021
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While some describe the Greek Psalter as a “slavish” or “interlinear” translation with “dreadfully poor poetry,” how would its original audience have described it? Positioning the translation within the developing corpus of Jewish-Greek literature, Jones analyzes the Psalter’s style based on the textual models and literary strategies available to its translator. She demonstrates that the translator both respects the integrity of his source and displays a sensitivity to his translation’s performative aspects. By adopting recognizable and acceptable Jewish-Greek literary conventions, the translator ultimately creates a text that can function independently and be read aloud or performed in the Jewish-Greek community.
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Price: $156.00
Pages: 292
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Septuagint Monograph Series
Publication Date: 11 November 2021
ISBN: 9789004471252
Format: Hardcover
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Jennifer Brown Jones, Ph.D. (2020), McMaster Divinity College, is an Instructor of Old Testament with Liberty University. She has published articles on the Minor Prophets and the Septuagint and has a forthcoming volume, Psalms 90-106: A Handbook on the Greek Text, with Baylor University Press.