What’s in a Name—Proper Names in Greek Exodus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10906995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larry Perkins (1Northwest Baptist Seminary 7600 Glover Road, Langley, British Columbia V2Y 1Y1 Canada, Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 447-471 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Study of Judaism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2212 • E-ISSN: 1570-0631 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157006310x503630 |
| OpenAlex | W2038652623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Hebrew proper names presented significant challenges to the translator of Greek Exodus. He employed various strategies including transcription and translation. In most cases he created new transcriptions or employed those found in Greek Genesis. On occasion Hellenized forms of proper names are found, but these tend to be the exception. Etiologies were handled variously. Rarely names seem to be added in the Greek text. This paper interacts with previous analyses of the translator’s practices in handling Hebrew proper names, offering alternative explanations for several phenomena observed
Ancient Greek · Archaeology · Art · Biblical studies · Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Jewish studies · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Proper noun · Transcription (linguistics · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |