When We All Go Home Translation and Theology in LXX Isaiah 56-66

by Baer, David A.

• ISBN13: 9781841271804
• ISBN10: 1841271802
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-19
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr

Summary

Paying special attention to chapters 56-66, David Baer analyses the labour that resulted in the Greek Isaiah. He compares the Greek text with extant Hebrew texts and with early biblical versions to show that the translator has approached his craft with homiletical interests in mind. This earliest translator of Isaiah produces a preached text, at the same time modifying his received tradition in theological and nationalistic directions which would reach their full flower in Targumic and Rabbinical literature. In basic agreement with recent work on other portions of the Septuagint, the Greek Isaiah is seen to be an elegant work of Hellenistic literature whose linguistic fluidity expresses the convictions and longings of a deeply Palestinian soul.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
Abbreviations	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(12)
The State of LXX Isaiah Studies	11	(7)
Methodological Considerations	18	(5)
`Imperativization' in LXX Isaiah	23	(30)
Imperativization as a Feature of LXX Isaiah	28	(10)
Imperativization in LXX Isaiah 56-66	38	(14)
Summary and Conclusion	52	(1)
`Personalization' in LXX Isaiah	53	(32)
Personalization as a Feature of LXX Isaiah	55	(4)
Personalization in LXX Isaiah 56-66	59	(24)
Summary and Conclusion	83	(2)
Properly Theological Ameliorative Translations in LXX	85	(75)
Properly Theological Ameliorative Translations as a Feature of LXX Isaiah	87	(16)
Properly Theological Ameliorative Translations in LXX Isaiah 56-66	103	(56)
Summary and Conclusion	159	(1)
Correlative Ameliorations in LXX Isaiah 56-66	160	(39)
Correlative Ameliorations as a Feature of LXX Isaiah	160	(16)
Correlative Ameliorations in LXX Isaiah 56-66	176	(22)
Summary and Conclusion	198	(1)
Nationalism and Diaspora Perspective in LXX Isaiah	199	(32)
Nationalistic Translations as a Feature of LXX Isaiah	202	(21)
Nationalistic Translations in LXX Isaiah 56-65	223	(7)
Summary and Conclusion	230	(1)
Nationalism and Diaspora Perspective in LXX Isaiah 66	231	(46)
Gentile God-Fearers in LXX Isaiah 66.14	232	(14)
Place Assignments in the Eschatological Pilgrimage to Zion	246	(30)
Summary and Conclusion	276	(1)
Summary and Conclusions	277	(6)
Bibliography	283	(9)
Index of References	292	(10)
Index of Authors	302