Is Bathsheba guilty? The Septuagint's perspective

Van der Bergh, Ronald Henry

dc.contributor.author	Van der Bergh, Ronald Henry
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-28T05:55:36Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-28T05:55:36Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description.abstract	Much has been said about Bathsheba’s guilt in 2 Samuel 11. The text’s ambiguity has lead to quite a number of different interpretations. One of the earliest of these various voices is the Septuagint text. Being a translation, the Septuagint is inevitably also an interpretation. In this article, a closer look will be taken at the perspective of the Septuagint’s translator. By comparing the Hebrew text with that of the Septuagint, taking into account the nature of the translation, slight clues to the translator’s perspective emerges. This sheds some light on the way in which ancient readers appraised the role Bathsheba played in the drama contained in 2 Samuel 11.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Van Der Bergh, RH 2008, 'Is Bathsheba guilty? The Septuagint's perspective', Journal for Semitics/Tydskrif vir Semistiek, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 182-193. [http://www.sasnes.org.za/SASNES_Journal_for_Semitics.htm]	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1013-8471
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10217
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies	en_US
dc.rights	Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Bathsheba	en_US
dc.subject	Septuagint	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible -- O.T. -- Samuel -- Greek -- Versions -- Septuagint -- Criticism, Textual	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible -- O.T. -- Samuel -- Translating	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible -- O.T. -- Samuel, 2nd, XI	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Guilt -- Religious aspects	en
dc.title	Is Bathsheba guilty? The Septuagint's perspective	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US