A Critical Edition and Philological Analysis of the Text of Isa 44:6–45:25 Based on the Coptic Manuscript sa 52 (M 568), Other Manuscripts Written in the Sahidic Coptic Dialect, and on the Greek Text of the Septuagint

Tomasz Bartłomiej Bąk

Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II , Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-0282


Abstract

This paper contains a critical edition and philological analysis of Isa 44:6–45:25, which were worked out primarily on the basis of the Coptic manuscript sa 52.2 and other available manuscripts of the Sahidic dialect. Particular attention is paid to these verses since they occur only in manuscript sa 52.2 and so far have never been published. The first part presents general information on the fragment of codex sa 52 (M 568) that includes the discussed text. The next part provides a list and brief characteristics of the other manuscripts containing at least some verses of Isa 44:6–45:25. The focal section of the paper is a presentation of the Coptic text (in the Sahidic dialect) and its translation into English. The differences between the Sahidic text and the Greek text of the Septuagint, on which the Coptic translation is based, have been pointed out in tables. They include additions and omissions in the Coptic translation, lexical changes, and semantic differences. Finally, the paper is devoted to difficult philological questions observed in the Coptic text itself or in its references to the Greek text of the LXX.

Keywords:

Coptic, Sahidic dialect, the Book of Isaiah, Deutero-Isaiah, sa 52 (M 568), CLM 205, edition of Isa 44:6–45:25

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Bąk, T. B. (2020). A Critical Edition and Philological Analysis of the Text of Isa 44:6–45:25 Based on the Coptic Manuscript sa 52 (M 568), Other Manuscripts Written in the Sahidic Coptic Dialect, and on the Greek Text of the Septuagint. Verbum Vitae, 38(2), 529–563. https://doi.org/10.31743/vv.10028

Tomasz Bartłomiej Bąk  tomciobak@gmail.com
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-0282



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