“When she ended her prayer …”. A Study of the Relationship between the Hebrew and the Greek Texts of the Book of Esther
Updated by:
Shiran Shevah
Research notes:
SHS/not checked/14/11/2019
Reference type:
Book section
year:
2019
Full title:
“When she ended her prayer …”. A Study of the Relationship between the Hebrew and the Greek Texts of the Book of Esther
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
On Wings of Prayer: Sources of Jewish Worship; Essays in Honor of Professor Stefan C. Reif on the Occasion of his Seventy-fifth Birthday
Issue / Series Volume:
44
Series Title:
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Editor(s):
Nuria Calduch-Benages
Michael W. Duggan
Dalia Marx
Place of Publication:
Berlin/Boston
Publisher:
de Gruyter
Pages:
71-82
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
This article proposes that the OG translator of Esther used the rare occurrences of theologically charged vocabulary in the Masoretic text to provide an explicitly religious interpretation of the Esther story. His contributions are so creative that one may view him as an author as well as a translator. Since Esther 4 is the place where a possible religious interpretation could be harvested, the OG translator made this text the basis for his story in which Esther and Mordecai fast and pray to God.
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110630282/9783110630282-006/9783110630282-006.xml
Label:
09/12/2019
Record number:
105 921