Text-critical and hermeneutical studies in the Septuagint / edited by Johann Cook, Hermann-Josef Stipp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook, Johann.

Stipp, Hermann-Josef, 1954-

Series:

Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 157.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; v. 157

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Bible. Old Testament--Greek--Versions--Septuagint--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible. Old Testament--Hermeneutics--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Text-critical and Hermeneutical Studies in the Septuagint is the title of a bilateral research project conducted from 2009 to 2011 by scholars from the universities of Munich (Germany) and Stellenbosch (South Africa). The joint research enterprise was rounded off by a conference that took place from 31st of August – 2nd of September 2011 in Stellenbosch. It was held in cooperation with the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa (LXXSA). Scholars from Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, France, Canada and the USA, as well as South Africa, delivered papers focusing on the history of the LXX; translation technique and text history; textual criticism, and the reception of the Septuagint.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Pentateuch in Greek and the Authorities of the Jews / Arie van der Kooij

The Biblical Canon and Beyond: Theological and Historical Context of the Codices of Alexandria / Heinz-Josef Fabry

Revisiting the Rock: Tsur as a Translation of Elohim in Deuteronomy and Beyond / Melvin K. H. Peters

Judges 3:12–30: An Analysis of the Greek Rendering of Hebrew Wordplay / Hans Ausloos

B or not B? The Place of Codex Vaticanus in Textual History and in Septuagint Research / Siegfried Kreuzer

Übersetzungstechnik und Textkritik in den Esdrasbüchern: Hendiadyoin, Doppelübersetzungen und Wiederholungsvariationen in 1 Esdr / Dieter Böhler SJ

In Search of the Old Greek Text of 4 Maccabees / Robert J. V. Hiebert

The Relationship between the LXX Versions of Proverbs and Job / Johann Cook

An Analysis of the Use of Hebel as a Metaphorical and Symbolic Device as Interpreted in LXX Ecclesiastes / Lawrence Lincoln

The θεός and κύριος Terms in the Isaiah Text and their Impact on the New Testament: Some Observations / Peter Nagel

Revisiting the Original Greek of Ezekiel 18 / Harry F. van Rooy

Theology after the Crisis: The Septuagint Version of Daniel 8–12 / Martin Rösel

The Value of the Septuagint for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible as Illustrated by the Oxford Hebrew Bible Edition of 1 Kings / Jan Joosten

Gottesbildfragen in den Lesartendifferenzen zwischen dem masoretischen und dem alexandrinischen Text des Jeremiabuches / Hermann-Josef Stipp

Two Difficult Passages in the Hebrew Texts of Lamentations 5: Text-Critical Analyses of the Greek Translation / Gideon R. Kotzé

Amos 5:26—Überlegungen zur Textkritik, Textgeschichte und Übersetzung eines schwierigen Bibelverses / Eberhard Bons

Die Schriftzitate im ersten Christentum und die Textgeschichte der Septuaginta: Ein Wuppertaler Forschungsprojekt / Martin Karrer and Johannes de Vries

Ιουδιθ und Iudith: Überlegungen zum Verhältnis der Judit-Erzählung in der LXX und der Vulgata / Barbara Schmitz

PsalmsLXX and the Christian Definition of Space: Examples Based on Inscriptions from Central Asia Minor / Cilliers Breytenbach

The Testament of Job as an Adaptation of LXX Job / Jessie Rogers

On Kingship in Philo and the Wisdom of Solomon / Jonathan More

The Text Form of the Isaiah Quotations in the Sondergut Matthäus Compared to the Dead Sea Scrolls, Masoretic Text and Septuagint / Gert J. Steyn

Die Rezeption von Jer 38:31–34 (LXX) in Hebräer 8–10 und dessen Funktion in der Argumentation des Hebräerbriefes / Wolfgang Kraus

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Text-critical and Hermeneutical Studies in the Septuagint is the title of a bilateral research project conducted from 2009 to 2011 by scholars from the universities of Munich (Germany) and Stellenbosch (South Africa). The joint research enterprise was rounded off by a conference that took place from 31st of August - 2nd of September 2011 in Stellenbosch. It was held in cooperation with the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa (LXXSA). Scholars from Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, France, Canada and the USA, as well as South Africa, delivered papers focusing on the history of the LXX; translation technique and text history; textual criticism, and the reception of the Septuagint.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-85513-5

90-04-24173-6

OCLC:

821180732

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004241732 DOI