I don't remember where I read it, but I read that it's easy to see that I Maccabees was translated into Greek from Hebrew, since the text is full of "Hebraicisms," Hebrew idioms that were translated very literally (sp.?) into Greek. I think there are also some problems in the Greek text that can be deduced to come from problems in the translation process.
At JTS, I once came across a book that had a Hebrew translation of the first 4 chapters of I Maccabees (up to the purification of the Temple), as part of a special Hanukkah Evening Service. The Hebrew for some of the poetical parts had blank lines for some of the verses, indicating someone's judgment that the text of the poem had become corrupted and was missing parts of some verses, according to the understanding of the poetic structure. Chodesh Tov, Happy Chanukah, Shabbat Shalom, and Shavua Tov! -Stanley Nachamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
