Theodotion
Theodotion (/ˌθiːəˈdoʊʃən/; Greek: Θεοδοτίων, gen.: Θεοδοτίωνος; died c. 200) was a Hellenistic Jewish scholar,[1] perhaps working in Ephesus,[2] who in c. 150 CE translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek.
History
Whether he was revising the Septuagint, or was working from Hebrew manuscripts that represented a parallel tradition that has not survived, is debated. In the 2nd century Theodotion's text was quoted in The Shepherd of Hermas and in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho.
His finished version, which filled some
Theodotion's caution in transliterating Hebrew words for plants, animals, vestments and ritual regalia, and words of uncertain meaning, rather than adopting a Greek rendering, gave him a reputation of being "unlearned" among more confident post-Renaissance editors, such as Bernard de Montfaucon.
Use instead of Septuagint
Theodotion's translation was so widely copied in the
See also
- Aquila of Sinope
- Hexapla
- On Weights and Measures (Epiphanius)
- Symmachus
Notes
- Aquila of Pontus, another translator, as "Jewish proselytes" in the course of taking exception to their rendering of the "virgin" prophesied in Isaiah vii. 14 as "damsel",[clarification needed] "following whom the Ebionitespretend that he was begotten of Joseph."
- ^ "Theodotian of Ephesus" in Irenaeus
- ^ Jerome, Commentary on Daniel Archived 2010-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, translated by Gleason L. Archer (1958), accessed 5 January 2019
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
References
- Jewish Encyclopedia: "Theodotion" Details of Theodotion's insertions.
- Moses Gaster, 1894. The Unknown Aramaic Original of Theodotion's Additions to Daniel in Proceedings of the Society for Biblical Archaeology Vol. xvi. Demonstrating that the existing Aramaic text is itself an adaptation from the Greek of Theodotion, not its original.
- Emil Schürer in Herzog-Hauck, Real-Encyclopädie für protestantische Theologie i. 639 (1909)
- Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (1911) [dead link]
External links
- Theodotion's version - The Greek text and English translation of Theodotion's Greek version of the Old Testament.
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