LXX-Isaiah as Translation and Interpretation ─ The Strategies of the Translator of the Septuagint of Isaiah

Troxel (Hebrew and religious studies, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) challenges the view of scholars over the past half century that the translator of Isaiah deliberately infused beliefs and issues of his day into the text. That conclusion is based on undisciplined associations between unique phraseology in the book and significant events known from the second century BCE, he argues. As an alternative approach, he considers how translation was conceived in the Hellenistic era, how ancient scholars studied and revered texts, and how to determine what a distinctive Greek locution is based on. Readers are expected to be able to compare Hebrew and Greek versions of passages. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ronald L. Troxel, Ph.D. (1989) in Hebrew and Semitic Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, is Distinguished Lecturer in Hebrew Studies and Religious Studies at the UW–Madison. He was the lead editor for Seeking out the Wisdom of the Ancients (Eisenbrauns, 2005).