Libraries, Translations, and 'Canonic' Texts

The Septuagint, Aquila and Ben Sira in the Jewish and Christian Traditions
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-14993-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 109, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

The book deals with the field of decanonization of ancient traditions by the technique of deconstructing their original context; in particular: the process of canonization of the Greek Torah in Jewish-Hellenistic and Christian tradition and its decanonization in Rabbinic literature; the use and abuse of the translation(s) of Aquila in Patristic and Rabbinic literature and the substitution of Aquila by Onkelos in Babylonian academies; the decanonization of the book of Ben Sira in Rabbinic literature. On the basis of his analysis, the author concludes that, if a canon is the ability of a text to produce and authorize commentary deconstructing its original context by generalization, de-canonization is the inverse way of contextualizing a 'canonical' text by reconstructing the supposed original context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Veltri, Giuseppe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Übersetzung, Editionstechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen

Über Autor(innen)

Giuseppe Veltri, Ph.D. (1991), Free University Berlin, Professor of Jewish Studies at Halle and Director of the Zunz Centre (Wittenberg). Publications on Jewish Hermeneutics and Philosophy including Eine Tora für den König Talmai (1994), Magie und Halakha (1997), Gegenwart der Tradition (2002), and Cultural Intermediaries (2004 with David Ruderman).