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The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople : canon, New Testament, Church fathers, catenae / Gilles Dorival.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dorival, Gilles, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Summary:
An authoritative study of the reception of the Septuagint in Alexandria and in the Christian tradition, based on Gilles Dorival's Grinfield Lectures.
Contents:
Cover
The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople: Canon, New Testament, Church Fathers, Catenae
Copyright
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Greek Old Testament
New Testament
Part I: Before Christianity: The Septuagint and the Biblical Canon
1: The Formation of the Jewish Canon
Words and Concepts
Theories of the Formation of the Biblical Canon
Questions Raised by the Classic Theory
The Torah or Law
The Prophets
The Writings
The Prophets and the Writings
Is the Classic Theory to Be Abandoned?
Towards a New Model?
2: The Septuagint and the Issue of the Canon
The Alleged Alexandrian Canon
The Paradox of the Deuterocanonical Books
The Supplements to the Shared Books
The Number of Biblical Books in Greek Jewish Scripture
The Subdivision of the Greek Jewish Scripture
Part II: The New Testament and the Scribes (Copyists) of the Septuagint
3: Is the Septuagint the Old Testament of the New Testament?
Lists of Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament
Texts of Quotations in the New Testament
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Paul's Epistles
Hebrews
Catholic Epistles
Revelation
4: Was the Text of the Septuagint Christianized?
Christian Texts inside the Septuagint
New Testament Verses inside the Septuagint
Christian Additions in the Verses of the Septuagint
Part III: The Church Fathers
5: Is the Septuagint the Old Testament of the Church Fathers?
Syriac Area
Greek and Latin Fathers
The Authority of the Septuagint and the Greek Fathers
6: The Vocabulary of the Septuagint and the Church Fathers
The Analysis of H. B. Swete Revisited
The Septuagint in the Spiritual Life of the Ancient Christians
The Septuagint in the Christian Hermeneutics
The Septuagint in the Christian Doctrine.
Part IV: The Biblical Catenae
7: An Overview of the Catenae
The Example of the Catena on Genesis
A Survey of Research on the Catenae
Debates Concerning the Catenae
8: The Catenae and the Septuagint
The Specific Layouts of the Septuagint in the Catenae
The Text of the Septuagint in the Catenae
Other Biblical Glosses and Texts in the Catenae
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index of Biblical Quotations
Old Testament
Index of Ancient Authors and Sources
Index of Modern Authors.
Notes:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-265299-0
0-19-192454-7
0-19-265298-2
OCLC:
1269099314

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