XVIII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies : Zurich 2022 / edited by Marieke Dhont, Gideon R. Kotzé, Joshua Alfaro and Alison G. Salvesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. Congress (18th : 2022 : Zurich, Switzerland)

Contributor:

Dhont, Marieke, editor.

Kotzé, Gideon R., editor.

Alfaro, Joshua, editor.

Salvesen, Alison, editor.

Series:

Septuagint and cognate studies series ; no.80.

Septuagint and Cognate Studies ; No. 80

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Versions--Congresses.

Physical Description:

xxx, 602 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2026]

Language Note:

Most contributions in English, two in French.

Summary:

"This latest volume from the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies includes the papers presented at XVIII Congress of the IOSCS, which was held in Zurich in 2022. Five sections cover a range of topics, including the SBL Septuagint Commentary series, text and translation studies, literary studies, other translations, and theology. ... Scholars and students interested in different methods of studying the Septuagint will find in this collection new topics and directions for further Septuagint research." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Introduction / Marieke Dhont, Gideon R. Kotzé, Joshua Alfaro, Alison G. Salvesen

Le "parler" de la Septante dans ses approches culturelles : retour sur les travaux de Marguerite Harl (1919-2020) / Cecile Dogniez

Part 1. Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the Septuagint series.

The catalog of creatures in LXX Leviticus 11 / Dirk Buchner

The trouble with Achar : preliminary studies for a commentary on the OG version of Joshua 7 / Michael N. van der Meer

Preliminary results from the Society of Biblical Literature commentary on the Septuagint 1 Reigns / Sarah Yardney

Solomon, Rahlfs, and beyond : commenting on Psalm 71 LXX (72 MT) / Felix Albrecht

A transformation of the theme of women in LXX Proverbs? : an examination of the minuses of ‎‎ אשה ‎and the pluses of γυνη in Proverbs / Johann Cook, Bryan Beeckman

Part 2. Text and translation studies. Papyrus Fouad Inv. 266b (Ra 848) and the text of LXX Deuteronomy : time to reassess their relationship? / Jean Maurais

Intertextuality in the versions of Esther / Jonathan A. Thambyrajah

Typologies of translation solutions in LXX studies / Theo A. W. van der Louw

Part 3. Literary and language studies. The vocabulary of exemplarity and the Greek Jewish scriptures : παραδειγμα, υποδειγμα, and LXX lexicography / Carson Bay

Egyptian influences on the LXX : some instances of Egyptian precising renderings in LXX Genesis 37-50 / Camilla Recalcati

The Gileadite password in Greek Judges : texts, semantcs, and phonetics / J. Alberto Paredes

The original language of the OG Esther additions / Joshua Alfaro

Possibility of dividing the speeches of OG Job into thematic-formal units / Kristin Klaus

The correspondence between between רפאיס and γηγενεις in Proverbs 2:18 and 9:18 / Lorenzo Cuppi

Observations on the use of ελπις and ελπιζω in the Greek text of Sirach / Eberhard Bons

L'hybridité stylistique du Livre de la Sagesse en fait-elle un OVNI littéraire? : une confrontation aux théories hellénistiques du style / Raphaëlle Berterottière

Part 4. LXX and other versions.

Mercati's analysis of the hexaplaric colophons / Peter J. Gentry

The Quedlinburg Itala of Kings : new insights into an old manuscript / Martijn Beukenhorst

Nimia novititate : polystem theory in Jerome's Latin Psalter translations / Martijn Jaspers

The Hebraizing readings in the Georgian versions of Sophonias : an episode in the textual history of the LXX / Anna Kharanauli

Part 5. LXX and theology.

Theological accents in the LXX of the book of Ruth / Beatrice Bonnano

The "mundus inversus" theme in LXX Lamentations 2:10 and the story of Sinuhe R 8-11 / Gideon R. Kotze.

Notes:

"Alongside annual sessions organized as part of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies organizes its own conference every three years. The Eighteenth Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies took place 5-7 August 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland, in conjunction with the congresses of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, the International Organization for Qumran Studies, the International Organization for Masoretic Studies, the Inter-national Organization for Vulgate Studies, and the International Syriac Language Project." -- See, "Introduction," page 1.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781628377651

1628377658

9781628377644

162837764X

OCLC:

1536322742