title: The concept of “Sheol” in the Hebrew Bible and in the old Greek translations
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metadata.value: Pikovskiy, Iriney (hieromonk)
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metadata.value: 2022-09-26T11:14:27Z
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metadata.value: 2022-09-26T11:14:27Z
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metadata.value: Pikovskiy I. A. The concept of “Sheol” in the Hebrew Bible and in the old Greek translations. Issues of Theology, 2022, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 492–513.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2022.310
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37902
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metadata.value: The article outlines the key features of the translation of the word שְׁאוֹל , “Sheol”, from
  the Hebrew Bible (Masoretic text) into the oldest Greek manuscripts. We take into
  account revisions of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion from the Origen’s Hexapla.
  Scholars (e. g. K. Burnett, V. Olivero) often pay attention on the use of Greek
  terminology in the literature of the Second Temple. Their studies are usually based
  on methods of religious studies and philosophy. In contrast, we apply textual criticism.
  Using the philological analysis of the Septuagint, we come to similar conclusion.
  The concept of Sheol in the Hebrew and Greek Bibles is generally similar.
  However, it contains an imprint of mythological images of two different cultures. In
  the Jewish sacred text, Sheol is, first of all, a pit where a person finds his death, an
  insatiable beast with a huge mouth. Hell of the Septuagint is not a terrible monster,
  it is the “house of Hades”. In the depths of this Hades appears Tartarus, which is not
  known in the Hebrew Bible. The idea of Tartarus probably was borrowed from Hellenistic
  literature. The examples presented in the article demonstrate the translation
  technique in the use of the Greek word ᾅδης “hell”, equivalent to the Hebrew שְׁאוֹל
  “Sheol”. These examples show how the theological ideas from the Septuagint influenced
  on the early Christian literature.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 4; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Old Testament
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Septuagint
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sheol
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Hades
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metadata.value: biblical translation
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Textology of the Bible
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theology of the Septuagint
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The concept of “Sheol” in the Hebrew Bible and in the old Greek translations
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metadata.value: Article
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