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ACCESS TO THE SOURCE: CICERO, BEN SIRA, THE SEPTUAGINT AND THEIR AUDIENCES

In: Journal for the Study of Judaism
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Benjamin Wright
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2003
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Abstract

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.

Title:
ACCESS TO THE SOURCE: CICERO, BEN SIRA, THE SEPTUAGINT AND THEIR AUDIENCES
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/157006303321043138
Language:
English
Pages:
1–27
In:
Journal for the Study of Judaism
In:
Volume 34: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1570-0631
Print ISSN:
0047-2212
Subjects:
General, Jewish Studies, Ancient Judaism, Biblical Studies, General, Religion in Antiquity, Religious Studies

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