Stylistics and Rhetoric in the Critical Apparatus of the Ananias Bible. Case Study: The Gospels Cover Image

Stilistică şi retorică în aparatul critic al Bibliei "Anania". Studiu de caz: Evangheliile
Stylistics and Rhetoric in the Critical Apparatus of the Ananias Bible. Case Study: The Gospels

Author(s): Cătălin Varga
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies, Philology, Translation Studies, Stylistics
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: biblical tradition; biblical translation; rhetoric; stylistics; footnotes; literaly genres;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the stylistic and rhetorical capabilities of Bartolomeu Anania's translation and annotation, particularly in the Gospels. Reading the Bible as literature is the key point of Anania's edition since the writers of the Bible utilize a variety of literary genres. Some of these forms correspond to the literary forms present in the author's surrounding cultures. This is also the case for B. Anania, who was a reputed literary personality, not only a theologian. In his edition, virtually every footnote is filled with literary techniques, particularly rhetorical: metaphors, hyperboles, litotes, metonymy, synecdoche, oxymorons. We aim to study these techniques compared with the original biblical text.

  • Issue Year: 12/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 313-334
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian