Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 71 No. 4, 2001.
Stručni rad
Leviathan and Behemoth in Croatian Glagolitic Breviarys
Antonija Zaradija Kiš
orcid.org/0000-0002-2013-9398
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Leviathan and Behemoth are names of mythological characters appearing in the Book of Job. Their origin is connected with Egyptian mythology, from where the names were accepted into Hebrew mythology. Although they belong to the category of general nouns, their meaning was personified became the animal kinds to which they refer were not known. In the Greek Septuagint solution were sought by using clear terms, but the Latin Vulgate (which had greatest influence on younger Biblical translations) transliterates Hebrew terms turning them into personal names. For Croatian Glagolitic translations such a solution was unacceptable, because it is not understandable and does not fit into the system of Slavic mythology - hence variants in translations. Modern translations follow the Vulgate, i.e. the Hebrew original - offering the simplest, most adequate solution which can be fully understood today, as we have better knowledge of animal kinds.
Ključne riječi
Book of Job; Behemoth; Leviathan; evil; good; Croatian Glagolitic Breviarys
Hrčak ID:
29043
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.5.2002.
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