Mary Sidney’s Translation of ṣeḏeq as ‛Just’ rather than ‛Righteous’

• Authors: Elizabeth Ann Remington Willett
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Mary Sidney’s (1561-1621) interesting and entertaining free translations of the Psalms using lyric poetry forms prized by the Renaissance literary world highlight women’s roles often glossed over by male translators. In addition, Mary Sidney chooses to translate Hebrew ṣeḏeq as ‛just’ in contrast to the King James’s ‛righteous’, perhaps reflecting her concern for community justice, while the king spiritualized the concept in order to protect his position and right to enforce royal wishes.

Keywords

EN

Bible translation; women’s translation; Psalms as poetry; ideology in Bible translation

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Open Theology
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

2016-03-14

accepted

2016-06-13

online

2016-09-14

Contributors

author

Elizabeth Ann Remington Willett

• SIL International, USA

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/opth-2016-0057