Abstract
ABSTRACT The use of ancient translations such as the Septuagint, Peshitta or Vulgate represents a distinctive challenge in textual criticism. Before the translation can be used as a witness, we must understand how it relates to its source text, which we do not possess. This circular impasse is a crucial concept in textual criticism. The present article explores the interface between textual criticism and translation studies and suggests a model based on the analogy of recursion in computer programming. An initial hypothesis (in this case: the MT as a substitute source text), leads to preliminary conclusions, and then those conclusions are a basis for refining the hypothesis. The model is illustrated with an analysis of the Greek Septuagint of Jonah.
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