Rendering “Flesh and Bones” Pair Reversal and the Peshitta of Job 2.5

Rendering “Flesh and Bones” Pair Reversal and the Peshitta of Job 2.5Aramaic StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/I543J9E4/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.DavidShepherdRendering “Flesh and Bones” Pair Reversal and the Peshitta of Job 2.5http://syriaca.org/cbss/I543J9E4https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/I543J9E4https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/I543J9E4Aramaic Studies3:22005205-213Down through the years, several scholars have noted the rather curious phenomenon of paired items in Hebrew and Greek appearing in the opposite order in Syriac translations of the Old Testament and New Testament. The present study takes up a particular instance of pair reversal which appears in the Peshitta of Job and 2 Samuel and suggests that it reflects the influence of Greek idiom and perhaps even the New Testament itself on the Syriac translation tradition. Shepherd, David. “Rendering ‘Flesh and Bones’ Pair Reversal and the Peshitta of Job 2.5.” Aramaic Studies 3:2 (2005): 205–13. David Shepherd, Rendering ‘Flesh and Bones’ Pair Reversal and the Peshitta of Job 2.5, Aramaic Studies 3:2 (2005): 205–13.2 SamuelJobOld TestamentPeshitta OT