Pillars of the sacred: Septuagint words between biblical theology and Hellenistic culture
Walter Benjamin, in his celebrated essay on the Task of the Translator, makes an argument for regarding the word, not the sentence, as the basic element (Urelement) of translation. Sentences are like a wall, blocking sight of the original text; words are like pillars in an arcade: they let the ligh...
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Swedish Exegetical Society
2018
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