Consistency of translation techniques in the tabernacle accounts of Exodus in the Old Greek / Martha Lynn Wade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wade, Martha Lynn.

Series:

Septuagint and cognate studies series ; no. 49.

Society of Biblical Literature septuagint and cognate studies ; no. 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Exodus--Greek--Versions--Septuagint.

Bible.

Bible. Exodus--Translating.

Bible. Exodus.

Tabernacle.

Physical Description:

xiii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

This book examines and compares the translation techniques used in the Old Greek version of the instructions for the building of the tabernacle (Exodus 25" 31) and the account of its construction (Exodus 35" 40), suggesting the instructions were translated first.Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.

Contents:

I. Identifying the Problem 2

II. Past Solutions to the Problem 4

III. Methodology and Contribution 10

Chapter 2 Hebrew Vorlage 14

I. Variants "Irrelevant" to the Old Greek Translation 15

Grammatical Markers 16

Changes in Grammatical Gender 16

Other Nominal and Adjectival Changes 18

Changes of Aspect and Stem 18

Locative he 19

Object Marker 20

Waw Conjunction 21

Article 23

II. Variants That Could Affect the Old Greek Translation 25

Changes in Morphological Forms 25

Pronominal Suffixes 25

Verbs 27

Changes in Order 29

Word Order 30

Verse Order 31

Synonymous Variants 34

Prepositions 34

Nouns, Adjectives, and Participles 35

Verbs 36

Phrases 37

Minuses 39

Pronominal Suffixes 39

Prepositions 40

Nouns, Adjectives, and Participles 41

Phrases 42

Pluses 42

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 43

Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives 44

Verbs 44

Clauses 45

III. Other Observations about the Tabernacle Accounts 47

Patterns of Adjustment in the [characters not reproducible] 49

Adjustments of First Account to Second 49

Adjustments to Both Accounts 49

Adjustments of Second Account to First 49

Orthography 51

Chapter 3 Lexical Consistency 56

I. Defining and Measuring Lexical Consistency 57

Survey of Past Methodologies 58

Factors That Affect Lexical Consistency 62

Comparing the Degree of Lexical Consistency 67

II. Lexical Consistency within the Tabernacle Accounts 68

Comparison of Lexical Consistency in Four Sections of Exodus 69

Comprison of Lexical Consistency in Three Sets of Texts 71

Factors Affecting Choice of Lexical Equivalents 74

Identical Lexical Equivalents 74

Partically Shared Lexical Equivalents 76

Contrastive Lexical Equivalents 85

III. Lexical Equivalents That Affect Decisions about the Number of Translators 88

Poles 89

Curtains 90

Pillars and Related Items 92

Compass Points 98

IV. Other Observations Gained from Studying Lexical Equivalents 100

Clarifying Ambiguities 101

Identifying Interpretations of the Translators 103

Chapter 4 Grammatical Consistency 107

I. Defining and Measuring Grammatical Consistency 107

Survey of Past Methodologies 108

II. Grammatical Consistency within the Tabernacle Accounts 114

Preposition [characters not reproducible] 114

Simple Construct Chains 125

Relative Clauses with [characters not reproducible] 131

III. Other Observations Gained from Studying the Translation of Grammatical Structures 142

Clarifying or Reinterpreting Ambiguous Structures 142

Grammatically Influenced Choices 144

Chapter 5 Accuracy 149

I. Defining and Measuring Accuracy 150

Survey of Past Methodologies 150

II. Accuracy in the Tabernacle Accounts 158

Pluses 159

That Reflect a Vorlage Similar to the [characters not reproducible] 159

That Reflect a Difference in the Status of Meaning 163

That Reflect a Difference in the Quantity of Meaning 167

Minuses 176

That Reflect a Vorlage Similar to the [characters not reproducible] 178

That Reflect a Difference in the Status of Meaning 179

That Reflect a Difference in the Quantity of Meaning 183

Synonymous Variants 189

That Reflect a Vorlage Similar to the [characters not reproducible] 190

That Reflect a Difference in the Status of Meaning 194

That Reflect a Difference in the Meaning 197

Differences in Order 204

That Reflect a Vorlage Similar to the [characters not reproducible] 204

That Reflect a Difference in the Status of Meaning 205

That Reflect a Difference in the Meaning 207

III. Evaluating the Tabernacle Accounts in Light of Accuracy 212

Comparison of the Two Accounts 213

Sections That Are More Ambiguous in First Account 215

Construction of the Breastpiece 215

Construction of the Lampstand 217

Structurally Significant Pluses 222

[characters not reproducible] 38:18-21 222

[characters not reproducible] 39:11-12a 225

IV. Unanswerable Questions about Translation Techniques 227

Two Approaches to Translation in Antiquity 227

Faithfulness and Reordering 228

II. Comparison with Previous Hypotheses 236

Unity of the Core and Remainder of Second Account 236

Unity of the First and Second Tabernacle Accounts 238

Nature of the Translation 240

III. One View of the Production of the Tabernacle Accounts 243

Appendix A Classification of Minuses in the Second Account 246

Appendix B Comparison of Some Parallel Passages 247

Appendix C Construction and Assembly of the Breastpiece 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004127046

OCLC:

50270577