Translating a Translation: An Indirect Translation Approach to the Relationship of LXX-Isaiah to Peshiṭta-Isaiah

Translating a Translation: An Indirect Translation Approach to the Relationship of LXX-Isaiah to Peshiṭta-IsaiahStudies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible 13Syriaca.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/JEPR2V4W/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Preston L.AtwoodTranslating a Translation: An Indirect Translation Approach to the Relationship of LXX-Isaiah to Peshiṭta-Isaiahhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/JEPR2V4Whttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/JEPR2V4Whttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/JEPR2V4WLeidenBrill Schöningh2024Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible 13Using the model of indirect translation from modern translation studies, this monograph argues that the Septuagint translation of Isaiah played little to no role in the translation of the Peshiṭta of Isaiah. Since the mid-to-late nineteenth century, many scholars have argued that the translator of the Syriac Peshiṭta of Isaiah (200 CE) frequently consulted and/or translated the Greek Septuagint (140 BCE) at certain points during the process of translation (e.g., when encountering difficult lexis in their Hebrew source text). However, the study of this translational phenomenon has lacked methodological control. Applying indirect translation theory and methodology from modern translation studies to the Peshiṭta of Isaiah, this book argues that where the Peshiṭta of Isaiah and Septuagint of Isaiah agree (against their common Hebrew source in chapters 1-39), the “agreement” is almost always due to common translation technique, rather than direct influence from the older Greek text. Atwood, Preston L. Translating a Translation: An Indirect Translation Approach to the Relationship of LXX-Isaiah to Peshiṭta-Isaiah. Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible 13. Leiden: Brill Schöningh, 2024. Preston L. Atwood, Translating a Translation: An Indirect Translation Approach to the Relationship of LXX-Isaiah to Peshiṭta-Isaiah, Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible 13 (Leiden: Brill Schöningh, 2024).