How Egyptian is the Greek of Septuagint?: Some Lexical Notes

This article explores the linguistic background of the Septuagint translation into Greek of the Old Testament, produced in Alexandria in the third century BCE, and thus likely to present some Egyptian traits. The main purpose is to examine the vocabulary of Egyptian origin, i.e., terms adopted by th...

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Subtitles:Special Issue: The Septuagint within the History of Greek, edited by James K. Aitken† and Marieke Dhont
Main Author: Torallas Tovar, Sofía (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal for the study of Judaism
Year: 2023, Volume: 54, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 527-557
Further subjects:B calques
B language interference
B Egyptian loanwords
B Papyri
B Septuagint
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