Song of songs and Ecclesiastes : sex and sophistry in the Old Testament - a new English translation /

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"Qohelet (Ecclesiastes). The two books slipped into the Jewish--and eventually Christian--Canon by a series of misrepresentations. The first, Song of Songs, is linguistically the latest book along the Biblical Hebrew dialect continuum, perhaps as late as 300-100 BC to judge by its language, whi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Givón, Talmy, 1936- (Author, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Subjects:
Bible. > Song of Solomon > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Ecclesiastes > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Ecclesiastes
Bible. > Song of Solomon
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Wisdom Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Texts and grammatical variables
  • Change and variation in biblical Hebrew
  • The triple conundrum
  • Linguistic theory as a theory of translation
  • On translating of Song of songs and Qohelet
  • Revisionist interpretation of vexing texts
  • Scribal misinterpretation of the Hebrew script and grammar
  • Song of songs
  • Ecclesiastes.

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