Critical Edition and Philological Analysis of the Isa 53 Text Based on the Coptic Manuscript of sa 52 (M 568) and Other Coptic Manuscripts of the Sahidic Dialect and the Greek Text of the Septuagint
Tomasz Bartłomiej Bąk
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-0282
Abstract
The article is a critical edition, translation, and philological analysis of the Isa 53 text, prepared on the basis of the Coptic manuscript of sa 52 and other available manuscripts, written in the Sahidic dialect. Its first part outlines general information about the section of codex sa 52 (M 568) that contains the analyzed text. This is followed by a list and brief description of other manuscripts that contain at least some verses from sa 53. The most important part of the article is the presentation of the Sahidic text and its translation into English. The differences identified between the Coptic translation and the Greek Septuagint were presented in a table. It includes, for example, additions and omissions in the Sahidic translation, lexical changes, and semantic differences. The final part of the article aims to clarify more challenging philological issues observed either in the Coptic text itself or in its relation to the Greek text of the LXX.
Keywords:
Coptic language, Sahidic dialect, Book of Isaiah, Deutero-Isaiah, sa 52 (M 568), CLM 205, edition of Isa 53References
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The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Ks. Tomasz Bąk, prezbiter diecezji rzeszowskiej, adiunkt Katedry Filologii Biblijnej i Literatury Międzytestamentalnej Instytutu Nauk Biblijnych KUL. Uzyskał licencjat nauk biblijnych Papieskiego Instytutu Biblijnego w Rzymie (2009), a następnie licencjat (2011) i doktorat nauk orientalnych (2014) na Wydziale Orientalnym „Biblicum” w Rzymie. Jego badania koncentrują się na językoznawstwie, krytyce tekstu oraz filologii i literaturze koptyjskiej.
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