Cart 0 Log In
SBL Press Bookstore
The Old Greek of Isaiah: An Analysis of Its Pluses and Minuses
Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs
ISBN
9781589839786
Volume
SCS 61
Status
Available
Price
$78.00
Publication Date
August 2014
Paperback

$78.00

A concise study of a large number of examples of pluses and minus providing insight into translation from Hebrew to Greek

Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs focuses this translation study on the processes leading to pluses and minuses including linguistic and stylistic aspects (i.e., cases in which elements have been added or omitted for the sake of a proper use of the Greek language), literary aspects (additions and omissions meant to embellish the Greek text), translation technical aspects (e.g., the avoidance of redundancy), and contextual and intertextual exegesis and harmonization. This work also covers the relation between the Greek Isaiah and its possible Hebrew Vorlage to try to determine which pluses and minuses may have been the result of the translator’s use of a different Hebrew text.

Features:

  • Eleven categories for the pluses and minuses of the Greek Isaiah
  • Examination of translation techniques and translator errors
  • Use of Joseph Ziegler’s critical edition

Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs was a junior researcher at the Faculty of Theology at Leiden University on “The Septuagint of the Book of Isaiah” project from 2004–2010. As a translator and author at the Dutch Bible Society in Haarlem, the Netherlands, she is currently involved in production of a new translation of the Bible in simple Dutch.

 

Download volume front matter, including table of contents and introduction.

Download a printable publication sheet that you can put in your files or give to your librarian or bookstore.

Download a printable standing order sheet to see other available volumes in the series and to give to your librarian to set up a standing order.