Grupo de estudos da septuaginta: o livro de Jonas e sua intertextualidade com a cultura grega clássica

Abstract

The Septuagint, which is the Greek version made by the LXX of the Hebrew Old Testament, is the object of study of the GES - Study Group of the Septuagint, which aims, in addition to studying the biblical texts in their literary and cultural aspect, the linguistic deepening of Koine Greek. The book of Jonah is very rich in symbolism which is capable to dialogue with several other texts, including the texts of classical Greek culture: the mythic characters Heracles and Alcestis and the character of Aristophanic comedy: Filocleon, for example. The first two will be compared to Jonah, by the proximity of the episode of the three days inside a fish or a tomb, and the third, by the proximity of behavior in society. With comparative analysis of Jonah with the characters from mythology and classical Greek comedy, conclude that there is intertextuality between Jonas and classical Greek culture.