book chapter · Benjamins translation library · 2026
Where does the source text lie?
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Abstract
Abstract In this chapter, I survey modern Western editions and translations of an ancient Jewish text, called First Enoch, surviving in Aramaic, Greek, and Ge’ez. After introducing the work, I analyze the editions and translations regarding how they deal with possible displacements of a text or later interpolations in the text, and how they interact with greatly differing textual traditions. Some of the sources edit and translate diplomatically one text of a work, whereas many conflate different textual traditions and reconstruct a hypothetical source text. Especially in the latter case, the de facto source text has changed significantly in 168 years, often mirroring the ongoing scholarly discussions. The translator always plays a crucial role in constructing the source text.
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Tanskanen, T. (2026). Where does the source text lie? Benjamins translation library, 199–228. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.169.07tan
Tanskanen, Topias. “Where does the source text lie?” Benjamins translation library, 2026, pp. 199–228, https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.169.07tan.
Tanskanen, Topias. 2026. “Where does the source text lie?” Benjamins translation library: 199–228. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.169.07tan.
Tanskanen, T. (2026) ‘Where does the source text lie?’, Benjamins translation library, pp. 199–228. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.169.07tan.
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