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The Septuagint / Jennifer M. Dines ; edited by Michael A. Knibb.
Author
Dines, Jennifer M. (Jennifer Mary)
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Language
English
Published/Created
London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2004.
Description
xvii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
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ReCAP - Remote Storage
BS744 .D56 2004
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Subject(s)
Bible Old Testament Greek
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Versions
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Septuagint
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Bible Old Testament
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Criticism, Textual
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Related name
Knibb, Michael A. (Michael Anthony), 1938-
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Series
Understanding the Bible and its world.
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Summary note
In The Septuagint, Jennifer DInes provides an introductory survey of current scholarship on the Greek Bible - the Septuagint. She traces the Septuagint's origins in the third to first centuries BCE and its subsequent history to the fifth century CE. Dines also examines the Septuagint's relationship to the standard Hebrew text and its translational characteristics; as well as considering the Septuagint's valve as a collection with its own literary and exegetical character. The Septuagint is shown to be important for biblical studies (both Old and New Testament), to have a distinctive contribution to make to the history of biblical interpretation, and to be of considerable interest for understanding the early development of both Judaism and Christianity.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-175) and indexes.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
1. What is 'the Septuagint'?
Terminology
scope of the term in antiquity
scope of the term in contemporary usage: 'Septuagint' and/or 'Old Greek'
Primary sources: manuscripts and editions
the earliest Jewish manuscripts
the earliest Christian manuscripts
printed editions
Secondary sources: the Christian versions
the old Latin
the Coptic
The content of the Septuagint
differences between Hebrew and Greek order
The individual books of the Septuagint
the Pentateuch
the historical books
the sapiential books
the prophetic books
2. Origins: Facts and fictions
The letter of Aristeas
outline of content
relevance to the Septuagint
Aristobulus
sources
Aristobulus on the Septuagint
earlier version of the Septuagint?
relationship between Aristobulus and the letter of Aristeas
Aristobulus in context
3. Origins: Questions and issues
Dating, location, and purpose
the translation of the Pentateuch
the translation of the Prophets and the Writings
The Septuagint as a whole: theories and questions
the 'texts for worship' hypothesis
the 'texts for study' hypothesis
the question of the Septuagint
4. The status of the Septuagint: from Philo to Jerome
Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BCE
c. 50 CE
Philo on the making of the Septuagint
special features in Philo's account
Philo on the 'inspiration' of the Septuagint
a defence of the Septuagint against accusation s of inaccuracy?
Josephus (37-c.100 CE)
Continuation of the Septuagint legends in Judaism
rabbinic sources and the Septuagint
Continuation of the Septuagint legends in Christianity
the defence of the Septuagint
the Septuagint and Jewish alternatives
Augustine and Jerome
5. Textual developments to the fifth century CE
The Jewish versions
the kaige revision
'Theodotion'
Aquila
Symmachus
other Jewish versions
Christian use of the versions
The Christian recensions
the 'Hesychian Recension'
the Hexaplaric Recension
the Lucianic (Antiochian) Recension
6. Language and style
The Septuagint and Koine Greek
the Septuagint's first readers
summary
Translation technique
'literal' and 'free' translations
7. The use of the Septuagint: from the beginnings to the present day
Septuagint and Masoretic text: interpreting the difference
identifying distinctive theological elements
Jewish and Christian reception history
Early Jewish interpretation
Hellenistic Jewish authors
apocrypha and pseudepigrapha
Philo and Josephus
Early Christian interpretation
influence of the Septuagint on New Testament interpretation
patristic use of the Septuagint
the influence of the Septuagint on Biblical interpretation
issues in the patristic use of the Septuagint
Modern interest in the LXX
the Septuagint and textual criticism
modern translations
the Septuagint as Christian Scripture
the Septuagint as Jewish Scripture
the Septuagint and Hellenistic culture.
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ISBN
0567084647
OCLC
56090688
RCP
H - S
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