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A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees

Publisher:
, 2011
ISBN: 9780826702043
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A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees concentrates on exegetical, linguistic, and cultural problems related to the translation of 1-2 Maccabees. Some may find it surprising that we do not use the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) as the base for discussion. The reader should keep in mind that the Handbook attempts to explain the ancient Greek text to translators who have not learned that language. Since NRSV has succeeded in rendering the message of the ancient text in a form more easily understood by today’s reader, it reveals less correspondence with the form and shape of the ancient text than RSV does. This emphasis on formal correspondence rather than on communicative accuracy, makes the RSV a more useful point of discussion and comparison than the NRSV.

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“They are depicted as righteous men, acting under God’s guidance, although the writer places emphasis on their own abilities and accomplishments. God guides them, but the author does not attribute their success to miraculous divine interventions.” (Page 1)

“to record and praise the heroic deeds of these Israelite leaders” (Page 1)

“It begins before the history told in 1 Maccabees begins, and then parallels that history through 1 Macc 7.” (Page 2)

“In current English usage it is proper to refer to the people after the Babylonian exile as ‘Jews.’” (Page 4)

“history of political and military affairs in the Holy Land from 175 b.c. to about 104 b.c.” (Page 1)

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