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Cicero, Ben Sira, the Septuagint and Their Audiences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10907930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin G Wright (0000-0001-5277-0099, corresponding author), Benjamin Wright |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1163/157006303321043138 |
| OpenAlex | W2097847641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This article tries to apply some insights from the modern field of Translation Studies to the relationship between translation, source text and audience in Cicero, Sirach and the Septuagint. Cicero's very free translations are possible because his audience is able to read the Greek originals that he translates. Sirach's rather literal translation is the result of adopting an approach to the Hebrew text that the grandson found operative in the Septuagint, but he is not really trying to provide his audience access to the original Hebrew. The Septuagint translators were trying to give access to the Hebrew original by producing an "interlinear" translation, which could have originated in several social contexts
Art · Biblical studies · Cicero · Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Jewish studies · Judaism · Linguistics · Literal (mathematical logic · Literal translation · Literature · Reflexive pronoun · Source text · Theology · Botanical Research and Chemistry · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.86 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |