"Oh God of battles! Steal my soldiers' hearts!": a study of the Hebrew and Greek text forms of Jeremiah 10:1-18
This volume represents a comparative analysis of the Greek and Hebrew text forms of Jer 10:1-18. One finds that the Hebrew text's ancient battle hymn has been transformed by the old Greek translator into an apotropaic incantation against evil spirits. Thus, the two text forms of chapter 10 hing...
| Published in: | Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leuven
Peeters
2017
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Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology (83)
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Adcock, James Seth, "Oh God of battles! Steal my soldiers' hearts!" : a study of the Hebrew and Greek text forms of Jeremiah 10:1-18] (2017) (Fischer, Georg, 1954 -)
[Rezension von: Adcock, James Seth, "Oh God of battles! Steal my soldiers' hearts!" : a study of the Hebrew and Greek text forms of Jeremiah 10:1-18] (2022) (Popko, Łukasz) |
| Series/Journal: | Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology
83 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jeremiah
/ Text history
/ Translation
/ History 500 BC-110 BC
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| Further subjects: | B
Thesis
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| Summary: | This volume represents a comparative analysis of the Greek and Hebrew text forms of Jer 10:1-18. One finds that the Hebrew text's ancient battle hymn has been transformed by the old Greek translator into an apotropaic incantation against evil spirits. Thus, the two text forms of chapter 10 hinge upon the Aramaic of verse 11 and whether one finds exorcistic magic in its obscure words or enigmatic condemnation of idolatry from the prophet Jeremiah. The Masoretic text proves to evidence a more ancient textual tone and structure |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9042933682 |