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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300) and indexes
Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The Translator of Isaiah; 2. Alexandria and the lxx; 3. Reconstructing the Vorlage of lxx-Isaiah; 4. Linguistic Interpretation in lxx-Isaiah; 5. Contextual Interpretation in lxx-Isaiah; 6. A Critique of Contemporization; 7. Israel's Oppressors in lxx-Isaiah; 8. Translation and Interpretation in lxx-Isaiah; 9. Conclusions; Works Cited; Index of References
This book offers a fresh understanding of how Isaiah was translated into Greek, arguing that the translator attempted a cohesive representation of Isaiah for his Greek-speaking co-religionists, utilizing interpretative ploys applied to Homer by the Alexandrian grammatikoi
