
ANSSI VOITILA
Senior University Lecturer
Th.D.., Adjunct Professor, University Lecturer. I teach Biblical languages and Old Testament.
My research interests span the language of the Septuagint (Greek), its translation technique, Classical Hebrew language, semantic change and the book of Ben Sira. I am particularly interested in Septuagint syntax as a part of the broader Post-Classical, Hellenistic, or koine Greek syntax of the last three centuries BCE. Because the Septuagint is a translation, the most powerful method for examining this language is translation technic study. I have also done some research concerning the theology of the translation: Ideologically motivated transformations in the Greek version of the Book of Ben Sira and written a paper on Moses in the Greek Pentateuch. My latest interests include the polysemy and semantic change as evidenced in the Classical and Hellenistic Greek corpus of which the Septuagint forms an important part: I have written about the auxialiary verb construction μέλλω + INF. and at the moment I am working on ἁπλοῦς "simple" and its derivates. I have recently widened my research interest to the Greek middle voice (medium) in the Septuagint, e.g. why the translators occasionally use middle voice although the Hebrew source text has an active verb form, as well as to the translation of the Hebrew verbless clauses, my question is how and why do the translators resort to verbal clauses, rendering the verbless clause in the Septuagint. My publications include Présent et imparfait de l'indicatif dans le Pentateuque grec: une étude sur la syntaxe de traduction (Helsinki-Gött..
Contact info
Organization
Philosophical Faculty, School of Theology
anssi.voitila@uef.fi
Phone
+358 50 442 4472
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Research gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anssi_Voitila
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Link Wiki-linkki / Link to Wikipage
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Link Academia.edu page
Publications
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From Text to Persuasion: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Lauri Thurén on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. Voitila, Anssi; Lahti, Niilo; Sundkvist, Mikael; Valve, Lotta. 2021 2021
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Voitila, Anssi. 2021. Pitäisikö Septuaginta suomentaa? Teologia.fi 13.4.2021: -. 2021
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Ksanthoksen (Letoonin) kolmikielinen piirtokirjoitus. Voitila, Anssi / Tekstejä babylonialais- ja persialaisajan Lähi-idästä. 2020. 2020
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Middle Voice as Depiction of Subject's Dominion in the Greek Pentateuch. Voitila, Anssi / The Legacy of Soisalon-Soininen: Towards a Syntax of Septuagint Greek. 2020. 2020
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[haplous, haplotees]. Voitila, Anssi / Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint. 2020. 2020
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Middle voice in the speech of and about God's power and dominion over the creation in the Greek Pentateuch. Voitila, Anssi / Divine Kingdom and Kingdoms of Men / Gottesreich und Reiche der Menschen. 2019. 2019
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The Future Indicative as Imperative in the Septuagint. Voitila, Anssi / XVI Congress of the International Organization for the Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Stellenbosch 2016. 2019. 2019
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Voitila, Anssi. 2018. The End of the High Priestly Family of Simon and the Conclusion of the Book of Ben Sira Biblische notizen 179 -: 69-84. 2018
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Ryökäs, Esko; Voitila, Anssi. 2018. Vankien vankina - yhden diakonissatehtävän suomalainen tulkintahistoria Diakonian tutkimus 2: 60-75. 2018
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Jesajan kirja: Vaikuttaako teologia kääntämiseen?. Voitila, Anssi / Sisälle Septuagintaan. 2018. 2018