Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period
Angaben zur Quelle:
54,4-5 (2023) 527-557
Keywords:
Bible. Septuagint
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Language, style
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Greek language, Biblical Foreign elements
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Egyptian
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Greek language History
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Egyptian language Influence on Greek
Abstract:
This article explores the linguistic background of the Septuagint translation into Greek of the Old Testament, produced in Alexandria in the third century BCE, and thus likely to present some Egyptian traits. The main purpose is to examine the vocabulary of Egyptian origin, i.e., terms adopted by the Greek language. Since this is not an easy task, a number of methodologies of analysis and comparison with other text corpora are also discussed.
DOI:
10.1163/15700631-bja10061
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