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critical studies 2004 315
After a brief discussion of the problems of dating in relation to the so-called
Hellenizing school of Armenian translations, the article examines the Armenian
translation of the Leg. from the linguistic point of view. Particular attention is
paid to the transposition into Armenian of some key terms in Philo’s exegesis.
This involves three different translation processes: usually the translator has
a fixed correspondence between a Greek term and its Armenian equivalent;
sometimes, however, he uses the same Armenian word to render two different
Greek words which need to be distinguished, e.g. δέα and εδς; but on other
occasions he analyses the Greek term and uses more than one Armenian word
to render it. It is particularly the last method that makes the Armenian version
of Philo’s text so distinctive. (RR; based on author’s summary)
20477. S. Mancini Lombardi, ‘La traduzione dei composti greci nella
versione armena del Legum allegoriae di Filone Alessandrino,’ in V. Calzolari,
A. Sirinian and B. L. Zekiyan (edd.), Dall’Italia e dall’Armenia.
Studi in onore di Gabriella Uluhogian (Bologna 2004) 285–295.
The language used in the Armenian translation of Leg.shouldnotbeconsidered
exclusively in terms of the parameters of the so-called Hellenizing school.
The linguistic traits that are present in the translation reveal a dialectical relation
consisting of similarities and differences with the classical language. The Armenian
version of Leg. has to be viewed in the linguistic framework formed by the
other Armenian translations of Philo. Elements of contrast between these versions
and those attributed to the initial phase of the school of Hellenizing translation
which is typified as ‘pre-Hellenizing’ allow some questions to be asked
about the relative dating of certain Hellenizing writings. (DTR; based on author’s
summary)
20478. J.P.Martín,Teófilo de Antioquía, A Autólico. Introducción,
texto griego, traducción y notas, Fuentes Patrísticas 16 (Madrid 2004)
passim.
This bilingual edition of Ad Autolycum considers Philo to be an important
antecedent of the Antiochian theological school to which its author Theophilus
belongs. More than 300 Philonic passages are mentioned in order to elucidate
the text of the Christian author. Lexical and ideological continuity stand out
in subjects like creatio ex nihilo (p. 69), the theological meaning of μναρία
(p. 115), the allegorical use of the term τριάς (p. 115), the relation of human
beings and animals before the change to sin and salvation (p. 141), the concept of
eternal life (pp. 169, 189), a non-eschatological conception of μετάνια (p. 139),
the correlation between νμς σεως and Torah (p. 139), and many others.
(JPM)
20479.A.M.Mazzanti,‘Creazionedell’homoerivelazioneinFilone
di Alessandria,’ in A. M. Mazzanti and F. Calabi (edd.), La rivelazione