The Imperative and Deontic in the Pentateuch: Specificity of the Greek (LXX), Latin (Vulg) and Aramaic Translation
https://doi.org/10.31802/2658-4476-2019-1-1-202-220
Abstract
This article studies the imperative and deontic modality of the indicative of the imperfect, as well as the perfect with the wāw-sequence of the Hebrew text of the Pentateuch of Moses. Dialogical utterances, which are present in prose narratives and in legislative texts, were chosen as the research material. Thanks to this approach, various methods of translating the Hebrew text were discovered. So, if in the first genre all the translations, designated in the subject of the article, are close to the Masoretic text, with some exceptions found in LXX, Vulg and Peshitta, then in the legislative genre texts not all translations correspond to the original biblical text. This is especially true about Peshitta. Due to the results of the study, the study of the deontic modality of the Greek, Latin and Aramaic languages, at least LXX, Vulg, Targums and Peshitta, was actualized.
About the Author
Deacon N. Shablevskiı˘
Moscow Theological Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Deacon Nicholaı˘ Shablevskiı˘ - PhD in Theology, Assistant of Biblical Studies Department
Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad 141300
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Shablevskiı˘ D. The Imperative and Deontic in the Pentateuch: Specificity of the Greek (LXX), Latin (Vulg) and Aramaic Translation. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2019;1(1):202-219. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/2658-4476-2019-1-1-202-220
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