The Slavonic Book of Esther: Text, Lexicon, Linguistic Analysis, Problems of Translation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780916458805)

The Old Testament Book of Esther in Slavonic translation is known from East Slavic manuscripts of the late 14th to the late 16th centuries. Working from the Masoretic Hebrew texts and Greek translations, Horace Lunt and Moshe Taube examine textological clues to the circumstances of Esther's translation, sources, and redactions. This study creates a solid basis from which scholars can now discuss the particulars of this important translation, the nature of East Slavic biblical translating activity, and the relationship of old East Slavic bookmen to Hebrew and Greek.

Author: Horace Gray Lunt,Moshe Taube
ISBN-10: 0916458806
ISBN-13: 9780916458805
Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 311
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.29lbs
Size: 11.34h x 8.78w x 1.09d