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Kultur und Identität. Wörtliches Übersetzen in der Septuaginta

In: Vetus Testamentum
Author:
Carsten Ziegert Freie Theologische Hochschule Giessen Germany

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Online Publication Date:
16 Oct 2017
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Abstract

This article seeks to evaluate why the translators of the Septuagint often preferred literal to free renderings. After some general remarks on levels of literalness the author evaluates possible explanations for the literal renderings in the Septuagint. An alternative interpretation draws on the theories of the translation theorists Schleiermacher (1813) and Venuti (1995). It explains literalism as being rooted in the desire for conservation of the Jewish identity within the context of Hellenistic culture with the hebraicizing style serving as a means of resistance to Hellenism.

Title:
Kultur und Identität. Wörtliches Übersetzen in der Septuaginta
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341293
Language:
English
Pages:
648–665
Keywords:
Septuagint; literalism; Hellenism; translation theory; foreignizing translation; Jewish identity
In:
Vetus Testamentum
In:
Volume 67: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5330
Print ISSN:
0042-4935
Subjects:
Hebrew Bible, Biblical Studies, General, Jewish Studies

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