Finding meaning in the text : translation technique and theology in the Septuagint of Amos /
by W. Edward Glenny.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages).
- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 126 .
- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 126. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and indexes.
Introduction -- LXX-Amos : literal or free translation? -- The translation of difficult and unknown words -- Visually ambiguous phenomena -- Anti-Syrian and anti-Samaritan bias in LXX-Amos -- God in LXX-Amos -- Gentiles, eschatology, and messianism in LXX-Amos -- The translator of LXX-Amos -- Summary.
This work is a comparison of the Septuagint of Amos with its Hebrew Vorlage for the purpose of analyzing the translation technique and theology of the translator.