Biblical criticism and congregational singing two Unitarian translations of the Book of Psalms in 16–17th-century Transylvania

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Hungarian Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI:10.1556/044.2022.00196

Mihály Etlinger, Áron Szatmári

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Within half a century, there were two Unitarian authors who created rhymed Hungarian translations of the Book of Psalms – Miklós Fazakas Bogáti at the end of the 16th century and János Thordai in 1627. There are still unanswered questions regarding these translations: why did Bogáti's translation not spread among Unitarian congregations? Was Thordai acquainted with Bogáti's translation? This paper explores the circle of possible answers to these questions from various perspectives. It also examines Bogáti's biography and the subsequent legacy of his Psalterium, taking into account the context of Church history and the history of publishing Unitarian songbooks. In addition, the poetics of the two translations are analysed. Based on these it transpires that there were several circumstances that made the spreading of the Psalterium difficult. However, Thordai's work should not be viewed solely as depending on Bogáti's translation, since it is not certain that Thordai was trying to fill a gap with his translation. The Transylvanian Unitarians did not necessarily intend to publish a complete Unitarian translation of the Book of Psalms in their songbooks.

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16 - 17世纪特兰西瓦尼亚的圣经批评和会众歌唱两种一神论的诗篇翻译

在半个世纪内，有两位一神论作家创作了《诗篇》的押韵匈牙利译本——16世纪末的Miklós Fazakas Bogáti和1627年的János Thordai。关于这些翻译，仍然有一些问题没有得到解答：为什么博加蒂的翻译没有在一神论会众中传播？Thordai熟悉Bogáti的翻译吗？本文从不同的角度探讨了这些问题的可能答案。它还考察了Bogáti的传记和他的Psalterium的后续遗产，考虑到了教会历史和出版统一教歌曲集的历史。此外，还对这两个译本的诗学进行了分析。基于这些，有几个情况使Psalterium的传播变得困难。然而，Thordai的作品不应该仅仅被视为依赖于Bogáti的翻译，因为不能确定Thordai是否试图用他的翻译填补空白。特兰西瓦尼亚一神论者不一定打算在他们的歌集中出版《诗篇》的完整一神论译本。

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