The Translation Technique of the Septuagint of the Book of Ruth: In Search of its Characterisation through the Analysis of the Greek rendering of the Hebrew Hapax Legomena

Bonanno, Beatrice
(2021) Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature — Location: San Antonio, TX (online) (20.November.2021)

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In order to evaluate the translation technique of the Septuagint (LXX) translators, several studies have analysed how Hebrew hapax legomena have been rendered into Greek and they have revealed a more accurate characterisation of the LXX-translators’ translation technique. None of them, however, focused on the Greek rendering of the Hebrew hapax legomena in the LXX of the book of Ruth, considered a literal and precise translation of the Hebrew text. Therefore, this article will try to fill the gap, by focusing on the Greek rendering of Hebrew hapax legomena in the LXX-Ruth. The aim of this study will be twofold: (a.) to offer a more nuanced characterisation of the translation technique of the Greek translator of the LXX-Ruth and (b.) to gain a better understanding of the particularities of the LXX text.
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Bonanno, B. (2021). The Translation Technique of the Septuagint of the Book of Ruth: In Search of its Characterisation through the Analysis of the Greek rendering of the Hebrew Hapax Legomena. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, TX (online). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/223100