Style and context of old Greek Job / / by Marieke Dhont.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; Volume 183
• VerfasserIn: Dhont, Marieke,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism. Volume 183.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (419 pages).

In Style and Context of Old Greek Job , Marieke Dhont offers a new understanding of the linguistic and stylistic diversity in the Septuagint corpus. To this end, the author innovatively uses Polysystem Theory, which has been developed in the field of modern literary studies. After discussing the appropriateness of a systemic approach to understanding Jewish-Greek literature, the author reflects on the Jewishness of Greek-language texts. Dhont then presents a thorough literary analysis of the Old Greek version of the book of Job. On this basis, she explains the dynamics that produced the translation of Old Greek Job and its position within the development of a Jewish-Greek literary tradition.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Studying Style in the Old Greek Book of Job -- Descriptive Translation Studies and Polysystem Theory -- The Jewish-Greek Polysystem -- Septuagintal and Natural Greek Usage in Old Greek Job -- High Register Greek in Old Greek Job -- Studying the Use of Rhetorical Features in Old Greek Job -- Rhetorical Features in the Greek Text of Job -- Increasing Complexity: Different Rhetorical Tactics at Once -- Old Greek Job in its Literary Environment -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources.