TY - JOUR
T1 - The tasks of the translators
T2 - The rabbis, the Septuagint, and the cultural politics of translation
AU - Simon-Shoshan, Moshe
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This article traces the development of rabbinic legends surrounding the creation of the Septuagint. It places these texts in the context of their Hellenistic antecedents and Christian parallels. I argue that the different rabbinic versions of the Septuagint legend reflect the rabbis' concerns and anxieties not only about the Septuagint, but also about their own self-defined position as transmitters of the Mosaic tradition in a world in which they are challenged both by a hegemonic Greco-Roman culture and numerous other groups claiming to be the true inheritors of the prophets. Copyright © 2007 by Prooftexts Ltd.
AB - This article traces the development of rabbinic legends surrounding the creation of the Septuagint. It places these texts in the context of their Hellenistic antecedents and Christian parallels. I argue that the different rabbinic versions of the Septuagint legend reflect the rabbis' concerns and anxieties not only about the Septuagint, but also about their own self-defined position as transmitters of the Mosaic tradition in a world in which they are challenged both by a hegemonic Greco-Roman culture and numerous other groups claiming to be the true inheritors of the prophets. Copyright © 2007 by Prooftexts Ltd.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/72fc81ec-1e75-399a-b229-72790bb73339/
U2 - 10.2979/pft.2007.27.1.1
DO - 10.2979/pft.2007.27.1.1
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AN - SCOPUS:61249368671
SN - 0272-9601
VL - 27
SP - 1
EP - 39
JO - Prooftexts - Journal of Jewish Literature History
JF - Prooftexts - Journal of Jewish Literature History
IS - 1
ER -