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In this podcast, Professor Benjamin Wright joins us from Lehigh University to talk about translation theory and the Interlinear Paradigm for Septuagint Studies. He is the University Distinguished Professor in Religion Studies, Bible, Early Judaism and Christianity, the co-editor of the New English Translation of the Septuagint, and author or editor of numerous works on the Septuagint. He is completing a commentary on the Letter of Aristeas, and he continues to work on Ben Sira in both the Hebrew and Greek traditions.

Some works that might be of interest for those wishing to pursue this topic further are:

Introduction to NETS, eds. Albert Pietersma and Benjamin G. Wright
Cameron Boyd-Taylor, Reading Between the Lines: The Interlinear Paradigm for Septuagint Studies (Leuven: Peeters, 2011)
Theo van der Louw, Transformations in the Septuagint. Towards an Interaction of Septuagint Studiesand. Translation Studies (Leuven: Peeters, 2007)

And specifically from Ben Wright:

"Moving Beyond Translating a Translation: Reflections on A New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS).” In “Translation Is Required”: The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect. Robert Hiebert, ed. SBLSCS 30. Atlanta: SBL, 2010, 23–39.
“The Textual-Linguistic Character and Socio-Cultural Context of the LXX.” In “Translation Is Required”: The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect. Robert Hiebert, ed. SBLSCS 30. Atlanta: SBL, 2010, 235–238.
“Transcribing, Translating, and Interpreting in the Letter of Aristeas: On the Nature of the Septuagint.” In Scripture in Transition: Essays on Septuagint, Hebrew Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of Raija Sollamo. Anssi Voitila and Jutta Jokiranta, eds. JSJSup 126. Leiden: Brill, 2008, 147–161.
“The Septuagint and Its Modern Translators.” In Die Septuaginta–Texte, Kontexte, Lebenswelten: Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 20.-23. Juli 2006. Wolfgang Kraus and Martin Karrer, eds. WUNT 219. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008, 103–114.

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