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Document Details : Title: Some Alleged Confusions in Translation from Hebrew to Greek Author(s): EVANS, Trevor V. Journal: Biblica Volume: 83 Issue: 2 Date: 2002 Pages: 238-248 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.83.2.3200306 Abstract : 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. |
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