Proverbs 7 in MT and LXX: Form and Content
Proverbs 7 in MT and LXX: Form and Content Proverbs 7 in MT and LXX: Form and Content
166 Tova Forti and Zipora Talshir Verse 27 !. * ( * c b a * > *# *"H b’ c’ a’ * + 1 * %"(1 +#% The severe consequences of the dangerous liaison with another man’s wife are similarly pictured in Prov 2:18–19 @ ( ((@ “for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the shades; none who go to her come back nor do they regain the paths of life.” The author goes as far as the underworld to depict the disaster that will befall a man who becomes involved with another man’s wife. The translator follows suit. *** The translator clothed Prov 7 in new garb, but the contribution he made to its content and message is minor. We have seen him striving for suitable equivalents and forms. Occasionally he added a word or two, creating parallelisms of his own where his Vorlage was satisfied with rhythmical balance, while at other times he condensed the parallels found in his Vorlage, mainly by fusing redundant elements. He reproduced the synonymous parallelism, characteristic of the introduction and the conclusion, but, as the parallelism became more elaborate and more dependent on rhythm and balance, he departed from it, creating a somewhat more narrative-like style. He sometimes repainted the contents of his Vorlage with colors borrowed from his own milieu, but this, too, was triggered by the problems he encountered in the Hebrew text, such as the enigmatic & replaced by . His main contribution was the change of scene, when he presented the woman—rather than the wisdom-teacher—as looking through her window. He may have misread his Vorlage, or changed it deliberately, influenced by the common inter-cultural motif of the woman at the window. However, he did not imbue this woman with an image that she did not have in the Vorlage. The creative translator of Proverbs is surely active in ch. 7 in multifarious ways—aesthetically and culturally, but his
Proverbs 7 MT and LXX 167 influence on its message is minor. He had many opportunities during this long speech to remodel the image of the woman discussed, the lad she seduces and the perils intended for him, but nothing of the sort happened. The message remains the same. No hidden intentions suspected to underlie the Hebrew text become apparent in the translation.
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<strong>Proverbs</strong> 7 <strong>MT</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>LXX</strong> 167<br />
<strong>in</strong>fluence on its message is m<strong>in</strong>or. He had many opportunities dur<strong>in</strong>g this<br />
long speech to remodel the image of the woman discussed, the lad she<br />
seduces <strong>and</strong> the perils <strong>in</strong>tended for him, but noth<strong>in</strong>g of the sort happened.<br />
The message rema<strong>in</strong>s the same. No hidden <strong>in</strong>tentions suspected to underlie<br />
the Hebrew text become apparent <strong>in</strong> the translation.
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