When We All Go Home : Translation and Theology in LXX Isaiah 56-66
Paying special attention to chapters 56-66, David Baer analyses the labour that resulted in the Greek Isaiah. He compares the Greek text with extant Hebrew texts and with early biblical versions to show that the translator has approached his craft with homiletical interests in mind. This earliest translator of Isaiah produces a preached text, at the same time modifying his received tradition in theological and nationalistic directions which would reach their full flower in Targumic and Rabbinical literature. In basic agreement with recent work on other portions of the Septuagint, the Greek Isa
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Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2001
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Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
The State of LXX Isaiah Studies
Methodological Considerations
Chapter 2 'IMPERATIVIZATION' IN LXX ISAIAH
Imperativization as a Feature of LXX Isaiah
Imperativization in LXX Isaiah 56-66
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 3 'PERSONALIZATION' IN LXX ISAIAH
Personalization as a Feature of LXX Isaiah
Personalization in LXX Isaiah 56-66
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 4 PROPERLY THEOLOGICAL AMELIORATIVE TRANSLATIONS IN LXX
Properly Theological Ameliorative Translations as a Feature of LXX Isaiah. Properly Theological Ameliorative Translations in LXX Isaiah 56-66
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5 CORRELATIVE AMELIORATIONS IN LXX ISAIAH 56-66
Correlative Ameliorations as a Feature of LXX Isaiah
Correlative Ameliorations in LXX Isaiah 56-66
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 6 NATIONALISM AND DIASPORA PERSPECTIVE IN LXX ISAIAH
Nationalistic Translations as a Feature of LXX Isaiah
Nationalistic Translations in LXX Isaiah 56-65
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 7 NATIONALISM AND DIASPORA PERSPECTIVE IN LXX ISAIAH 66
Gentile God-Fearers in LXX Isaiah 66.14. Place Assignments in the Eschatological Pilgrimage to Zion
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Bibliography
Index of References
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