The Tasks of the Translators: The Rabbis, the Septuagint, and the Cultural Politics of Translation.

This article traces the development of rabbinic legends surrounding the creation of the Septuagint. It places these texts in the context of their Hellenistic antecedents and Christian parallels. I argue that the different rabbinic versions of the Septuagint legend reflect the rabbis' concerns and an...

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Publicado en:Prooftexts Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 1 - 40
Autor principal: Simon-Shoshan, Moshe
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Indiana University Press Winter2007
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