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Paying special attention to chapters 56-66, David Baer analyses the labour that resulted in the Greek Isaiah. He compares the Greek text with extant Hebrew texts and with early biblical versions to show that the translator has approached his craft with homiletical interests in mind. This earliest translator of Isaiah produces a preached text, at the same time modifying his received tradition in theological and nationalistic directions which would reach their full flower in Targumic and Rabbinical literature. In basic agreement with recent work on other portions of the Septuagint, the Greek Isaiah is seen to be an elegant work of Hellenistic literature whose linguistic fluidity expresses the convictions and longings of a deeply Palestinian soul.
David Baer
David Baer is a Philadelphia writer and filmmaker whose work blends myth with grounded human realism, treating ancient narratives as speculative historical fiction. He previously worked as an editor for CBS Evening News, CBS Morning News, and a range of independent film and television projects, and later founded Baer Studios, a digital media and production company.
His storytelling focuses on the hidden machinery behind belief systems-imagining how gods, empires, and ordinary people collide to shape the narratives cultures live by. His essays have appeared in The Startup and the satirical blog Paranoid Echo Chamber.
Baer is also co-founder of CharacterFoundry.io, a worldbuilding platform for authors and game designers. The Hidden War of Exodus is the first book in The Achilles Chronicles, a multi-volume series that follows Achilles through the major turning points of human history, retelling ancient myth as grounded historical reality.
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