Les épithètes divines dans la Septante: réfléxions méthodologiques à la lumière de l’usage de μακρόθυμος
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2022
- handle: 10670/1.hupxan
- hal: hal-04575401
- doi: 10.1628/hebai-2022-0034
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Antonella Bellantuono, « Les épithètes divines dans la Septante: réfléxions méthodologiques à la lumière de l’usage de μακρόθυμος », HAL-SHS : histoire des religions, ID : 10.1628/hebai-2022-0034
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The article aims to investigate the lexical evolution of the adjective μακρόθυμος. Theterm occurs 19 times in the LXX, usually with reference to God. It is attested mostly intranslated texts where it corresponds to the Hebrew ’æræk ’appayîm, literally, “longnostril”with the sense of “slow to anger.” However, the meaning of μακρόθυμος isnot univocal. More specifically, in the translated books it rather indicates the idea oftemporal limitation of divine anger, while in the books originally written in Greek ittakes on the broader nuance of “magnanimity.” Through a detailed analysis of thecontexts in which the adjective occurs within the Bible, the article seeks to explainthis shift in meaning.