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The Translation and Translator of the Peshitta of Hosea
Contributor(s): Tully, Eric (Author)
ISBN: 9004288309     ISBN-13: 9789004288300
Publisher: Brill
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
- Religion | Christianity - General
Dewey: 224.6
LCCN: 2014045307
Series: Monographs of the Peshitta Institute
Physical Information: (1.56 lbs) 380 pages
 
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In The Translation and the Translator of the Peshitta of Hosea, Eric J. Tully offers the first study of the Peshitta conducted via insights and methods from the discipline of Translation Studies. Every translator leaves residue of his or her interference in the course of the translation process. This investigation analyzes that interference (seen in the form of translation shifts), categorizes it, and draws conclusions with implications for textual criticism, Translation Studies, historical reconstruction, and the history of interpretation. Eric Tully argues that the Peshitta was translated from a Hebrew text similar to the Masoretic Text (but not identical to it) and was also influenced by readings from the Greek Septuagint. The study concludes with a socio-historical profile of the translator. Just as an ancient person makes one kind of ceramic jug or bronze incense stand and not another, the translation is a literary artifact in which the translator has crafted a text that reflects his or her own values and technique.