Scribes and translators : : Septuagint and Old Latin in the Books of Kings / / by Natalio Fernandez Marcos.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 54
• VerfasserIn: Fernandez Marcos, Natalio, 1940-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York ;, Koln : : E.J. Brill,, [1994]; 1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 54.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (98 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations.
• Notes: "The Grinfield Lectures 1991 and 1992 ... at the University of Oxford"--Preface.

Scribes and Translators is a critical reflection on the textual pluralism as reflected in the book of Kings. The first part of the book examines the diverse texts transmitted by the manuscripts. Special attention is paid to the Antiochene text of the Septuagint that is being edited in Madrid. The second part is devoted to the analysis of Old Latin readings, transmitted by a Spanish family of Vulgate Bibles, with no support in any of the known manuscripts. Finally, the whole evidence is discussed in the frame of the plurality of texts confirmed by the Qumran documents for those books. Based on Old Latin material recently published it sheds light on the text transmission of Kings and on the translation techniques and the history of the Biblical texts in general.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material -- Past and Present in Biblical Text History -- The Diverse Texts of the Septuagint and the Problems of an Edition -- The Antiochene Text of the Greek Bible: A Revised and Edited Text -- New Evidence from the Old Latin: A Peculiar Text -- Translation, Corruption and Interpretation: The Genesis of the Old Latin Variants -- Different Vorlage or Secondary Development? The Enigma of the Old Latin -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Plates.