Indications of the Faith of the Translator in the Peshitta to the ‘Servant Songs’ of Deutero-Isaiah

Indications of the Faith of the Translator in the Peshitta to the ‘Servant Songs’ of Deutero-IsaiahAramaic 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/Z76DAKDJ/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.GillianGreenbergIndications of the Faith of the Translator in the Peshitta to the ‘Servant Songs’ of Deutero-Isaiahhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/Z76DAKDJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/Z76DAKDJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/Z76DAKDJAramaic Studies2:22004175-192The Peshitta of Deutero-Isaiah includes several passages relevant to the question of the faith of the translator: Jewish or Christian? There are inconsistencies: some differences between MT and P suggest a Christian or messianic nuance; one blunts an anti-Jewish phrase; in another an opportunity to introduce a Christian theme is resisted. The cumulative weight of examples suggests Christian input. The inconsistency could be explained by postulating a Jewish-Christian translator who attempted to play fair by his Vorlage, putting his own convictions and religious literature to the back of his mind, but occasionally failed. Greenberg, Gillian. “Indications of the Faith of the Translator in the Peshitta to the ‘Servant Songs’ of Deutero-Isaiah.” Aramaic Studies 2:2 (2004): 175–92. Gillian Greenberg, Indications of the Faith of the Translator in the Peshitta to the ‘Servant Songs’ of Deutero-Isaiah, Aramaic Studies 2:2 (2004): 175–92.I-III CEIsaiahJewish backgroundJewish-Christian relationsOld TestamentPeshitta OT