Publication

2013 - Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas

Language

English

Word Count

73,750 words, Guess

Page Count

295 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC224/.1048
  • LCCBS1514.G7 S489 2013

Description

A translated text is laced with interpretive assumptions. By focusing on the Septuagint, J. Ross Wagner highlights the creative theology hidden in translation. His model couples patient investigation of the act of translation with careful attention to the translated texts' rhetorical features. Wagner focuses upon Isaiah's opening vision, clarifying its language, elucidating its character, and contextualizing its message. Reading the Sealed Book demonstrates how such translations serve as distinctive contributions to theology and reveal the contours of Jewish identity in the Hellenistic diaspora.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 88

Other Editions

  • Reading the sealed book: old Greek Isaiah and the problem of Septuagint hermeneuticsBaylor University Press2013-01-01

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