The Challenge of Hebrew Bible Love Poetry : A Pleonastic Approach to the Translation of Metaphor-Part 1

The Song of Songs communicates both aesthetic and emotional "meaning," but the poem's message in historical context should not be overlooked. After arguing that it is possible to translate poetry, this article suggests-as a dynamic equivalent in-text solution-"pleonastic" translation. Within the chosen skopos, this translation style adds pleonasms (synonymous adjectives) to metaphors to convey the most essential associations from the source text's cognitive environment. Meanwhile, it honours the purposeful polysemy and the emphatic elusiveness of the poetry. Although the use of pleonasms spoils the original brevity of the Hebrew poetry, one can compensate for this by other poetic devices. Part 2 (forthcoming) exemplifies this with a translation of Song 7.2-6 (English 7.1-5) that is true to the poetic nature of the Song of Songs, its emotional expressions, and its register, while also rendering the metaphors intelligibly for today's reader.Peer reviewe

The Horizontal Dimension of the Ancient and Biblical View of the World

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The Challenge of Hebrew Bible Love Poetry : A Pleonastic Approach to the Translation of Metaphor-Part 2

Part 1 of this article made a case for "pleonastic" translation, i.e., adding pleonasms (synonymous adjectives) to metaphorical nouns to bridge the cultural distance between the ancient Israelite text and the present-day reader. Part 2 exemplifies this approach with a translation of some of the body-description verses from the Song of Songs (esp. 7.2-6 [English 7.1-5]). Introductory considerations concerning this biblical book are offered, addressing, e.g., life-setting, register, and hermeneutical key. Rooted in translation theory and metaphor theory, this article draws attention to the various aspects of the Song of Songs and proposes a "dynamic equivalent" way (following Nida and Taber's call for clarity) to provide present-day readers with a comprehensible translation of its ancient metaphors. This results in a respectful translation with additional pleonasms and other types of elucidations.Peer reviewe

Wolfgang Zwickel, Renate Egger-Wenzel, Michael Ernst (eds): Herders neuer Bibelatlas. Freiburg: Herder, 2013 [Book review]

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Abel and Dan (2 Sam 20:18–19) in Textual Criticism, Tradition History, and Archaeology

The MT form of the saying of the wise woman in 2 Sam 20:18–19 presents multiple text-critical problems. Instead of “Let them inquire at Abel,” the LXX refers to “Abel and Dan.” The notion of the wise woman being “one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel” (NRSV) is grammatically difficult; the LXX reads differently: “what the faithful of Israel had established, had been abandoned.” This paper seeks to bring textual criticism into discussion with an archaeological analysis, including a tradition-historical angle on the story, by: 1. Re-examining the textual evidence, with due consideration of the Septuagint. 2. Considering the archaeological findings of Iron Age sites at Tel Abel and Tel Dan. 3. Examining the textual and iconographic implications of the motif “woman on the wall.” 4. Evaluating the plausibility of the historical settings implied in the story in light of the textual and archaeological evidence.Peer reviewe

AABNER Forum Peer Review System

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Coroplastic Studies and the History of Religion: Figurines in Yehud and the Interdisciplinary Nature of the Study of Terracottas

Readers of this new journal are familiar with coroplastic studies and most of them will have a sense of religious studies, as — in the core areas and periods covered by this journal — figurines are usually assumed to have a religious meaning. The presence of figurines in the archaeological record leads to various kinds of research in coroplastic studies and cognate fields of study (focused on a variety of, e.g., technical and social aspects). The project that I am introducing with this carnet..

Review / reaction to Meindert Dijkstra's 2018 history of Palestine / Israel from the Bronze Age till WW II

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Vision Makes the World Go \u27Round: The World in Light of Ancient Visual Sources; Izaak J. de Hulster, PhD; November 15, 2016

In this lecture, Izaak de Hulster focuses on concepts of vision and light. De Hulster uses iconographic exegesis to analyze various interpretations of these visual sources in iconographic motifs. De Hulster addresses cosmic geography and its relation to the notion of order in antiquity. This lecture concentrates on a specific group of symbols that have significance to ancient constitutions of ecology. In addition to being present in the ancient world, de Hulster contends that these ecological understandings still have relevance today. Izaak J. de Hulster (PhD 2008, University of Göttingen) From 2009-2014, he worked as post-doctoral researcher at the Georg-August-University Göt­tingen (Germany) as part of the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation sponsored Sofja Kovalev­skaja Project Unity and Diversity in Early Jewish Monotheisms. He holds an MA in theology from Utrecht University and an MDiv from the Seminary of the Baptist congregations in The Netherlands.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/arch_museum_lectures/1034/thumbnail.jp

Inaugural AABNER Editorial

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