A Septuagint Translation Technique in the Book of Job

168 Pages·1982·3.711 MB·English

by  Heater, Homer

A SEPTUAGINT TRANSLATION
TECHNIQUE '
IN THE BOOK OF JOB
by
Homer Heater, Jr.
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A SEPTUAGINT TRANSLATION
TECHNIQUE IN THE BOOK
OF JOB
by
Homer Heater, Jr.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Bruce Vawter, C. M„ Chairman
Schuyler Brown, S.J. J. Louis Martyn
John J. Collins John L. McKenzie
Frank M. Cross, Jr. Roland E. Murphy, 0. Carm.
John H. Elliot tPatrick W. Skehan
Eugene Ulrich

A SEPTUAGINT TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE
IN THE BOOK OF JOB
BY
HOMER HEATER, JR.
The Catholic Biblical Association of America
Washington, DC 20064
1982
A SEPTUAGINT TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE IN
THE BOOK OF JOB
by Homer Heater, Jr.
© 1982 The Catholic Biblical Association of America
Washington, DC 20064
All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form or by any
means without permission in writing from
the chairman of the editorial board.
PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Heater, Homer.
A Septuagint translation technique m the
Book of Job.
(Tue Catholic Biblical quarterly. Monograph
series ; 11)
Bibliography: p.
lncludes index.
1. Bible. O.T. Job-Translating. 2. Bible.
O.T. Job. Greek-Versions-Septuagint.
1. Title. II. Series.
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ISBN 0-915170-10-8 AACR2
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CONTENTS
Page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xl
ABBREVIA TIONS
BIBLICAL BOOKS (WITH THE APOCRYPHA) xm
JOURNALS, SERIES, AND STANDARD
WORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION
II. ANAPHORIC TRANSLATIONS 11
III. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
INDEX OF REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS 152
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