The first Bible of the Church : a plea for the Septuagint / Mogens Muller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Mogens.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 206.

Copenhagen international seminar ; 1.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 206

Copenhagen international seminar ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Syntax.

Greek language.

Bible. O.T--Greek--Versions--Septuagint.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The First Bible of the Church describes of the shape of the Jewish Bible at the time of the New Testament, with a special focus on the significance of the Greek translation, the Septuagint. The Jewish defence of the Septuagint version and its reception into the early Church makes it a representative of the Jewish Bible tradition fully on a par with the Hebrew Bible. This fact is especially important because the Septuagint is extensively used in the New Testament writings, whereby it-and not the Hebrew Bible (the Masoretic text)-is the most obvious candidate for the title of the first Bible of

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Synopsis of the Content of Biblia Hebraica, Septuagint and Vulgate; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE JEWISH BIBLE AT THE TIME OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 3 JEWISH DEFENCE OF THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE LAW; Chapter 4 THE RECEPTION OF THE SEPTUAGINT LEGEND INTO THE CHURCH UP TO AND INCLUDING AUGUSTINE; Chapter 5 HEBRAICA SIVE GRAECA VERITAS?; Chapter 6 VETUS TESTAMENTUM IN NOVO RECEPTUM; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611813703

9781281813701

1281813702

9780567634177

0567634175

OCLC:

280815029