Theology
Willem A.M. Beuken
Shifting Settings in (Post-)Exilic Prayer from the Hebrew to the Old Greek Text of Isaiah 26
Volume 3 (2014) / Issue 2, pp. 249-275 (27)
The Yehudite community of the Persian period created a view of its existence that helped in understanding its sufferings under the overwhelming strength of the wicked while also fostering the sure hope of a future dominated by God's righteousness. Its Hellenistic translator rendered that view in terms of the translator's broader environment.