How Egyptian is the Greek of Septuagint?: Some Lexical Notes

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How Egyptian is the Greek of Septuagint?: Some Lexical Notes
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RAC/not checked/12/18/2023

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Author(s)
Torallas Tovar, Sofía
Year
2023
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Volume
54
Issue / Series Volume
4-5
Abbreviated Series Name
JSJ
Pages
527-557
Work type
Alternative title
Special Issue: <em>The Septuagint within the History of Greek</em>, edited by James K. Aitken† and Marieke Dhont
Label
18/12/2023
Abstract

This article explores the linguistic background of the Septuagint translation into Greek of the Old Testament, produced in Alexandria in the third century BCE, and thus likely to present some Egyptian traits. The main purpose is to examine the vocabulary of Egyptian origin, i.e., terms adopted by the Greek language. Since this is not an easy task, a number of methodologies of analysis and comparison with other text corpora are also discussed.

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Special Issue: <em>The Septuagint within the History of Greek</em>, edited by James K. Aitken† and Marieke Dhont