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The Slavonic Book of Esther

Text, Lexicon, Linguistic Analysis, Problems of Translation

Moshe Taube author Horace Gray Lunt author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Published:31st Mar '99

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The Old Testament Book of Esther in Slavonic translation is known from East Slavic manuscripts of the late 14th to the late 16th centuries. Working from the Masoretic Hebrew texts and Greek translations, Horace Lunt and Moshe Taube examine textological clues to the circumstances of Esther’s translation, sources, and redactions. This study creates a solid basis from which scholars can now discuss the particulars of this important translation, the nature of East Slavic biblical translating activity, and the relationship of old East Slavic bookmen to Hebrew and Greek.

ISBN: 9780916458805

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1052g

324 pages