The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, October 1st, 2000
ZIPORA TALSHIR, 1 Esdras: From Origin to Translation (SBLSCS 47; Atlanta: Scholars, 1999). Pp. xii + 305. $57.
Talshir's investigation of 1 Esdras consists of three main parts: first, the book is compared with Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah in order to establish its raison d'etre; second, T offers a text-critical analysis of the Vorlage of the portions of text that are paralleled in the MT; third, T. analyzes the translation technique of the translator in order to outline the milieu in which he worked. T concludes that the book reflects a thorough redaction from a Hebrew-Aramaic work, but tha...
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