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  • From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: "Biblica" on-line articles available
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 21:29:36 +0100


Fascicle 2 of this year's volume of Biblica has recently been posted on the web-site:
http://www.bsw.org/?l=7183

Three contributions may be of interest to list members:

Joseph A. FITZMYER, «The sacrifice of Isaac in Qumran literature» , Vol. 83(2002) 211-229.
Gen 22,1-19 the account of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac, is discussed first in its Hebrew and Old Greek form; then as it was developed in the Book of Jubilees 17,15–18,16, and especially in the form of Pseudo-Jubilees, as it is preserved in 4Q225 2 i and ii (4QPs-Juba 2 i 7-14, 2 ii 1-14), in order to ascertain how much of the development of the account can be traced to pre-Christian Palestinian Jewish tradition prior to the New Testament. Finally, building on such evidence, the article traces the development in other texts of the first Christian century and in the later targumic and rabbinic tradition about the Aqedah.


Trevor V. EVANS, «Some Alleged Confusions in Translation from Hebrew to Greek» , Vol. 83(2002) 238-248.
Two remarkable passages in the Greek translation of Numbers have recently been identified by Anssi Voitila. Both show a clear influence from Hebrew verbal forms on the translator’s choices of Greek verbal forms which overrides the semantic indicators of the broader context. Confused translations result. Are they isolated phenomena or representative of translators’ habits in general? Voitila argues for the latter interpretation. He seeks to demonstrate a number of additional instances in the Greek Pentateuch and sees here support for the theory of segmentation in translation technique, as developed by the Helsinki School. The present paper reassesses his examples and draws the opposite conclusion.

and

Thijs BOOIJ, «Psalm 133: "Behold, how good and how pleasant"» , Vol. 83(2002) 258-267.
The opening line of Psalm 133 is, literally, about a social practice; the comparisons following it suggest that in fact a gathering of YHWH’s worshippers is meant. The latter is confirmed by the final line. V. 3a has a bridging function in that its last words ("on the mountains of Zion"), although belonging to the imagery of the comparison, are actually direct expression, relating to the statement of v. 1 (‘inversion’). The situation hinted at can hardly be other than the gathering in Jerusalem on the occasion of a religious festival. In view of the subtle structure and inner cohesion of Psalm 133, it is scarcely plausible that its present meaning is due to some form of adaptation.





Maurice A. O'Sullivan
[Bray, Ireland]

"Apply yourself wholly to the text; apply the text wholly to yourself."
- Johann Albrecht Bengel




  • "Biblica" on-line articles available, Maurice A. O'Sullivan, 06/28/2002

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