The Septuagint in Context

The Septuagint in Context
Author: Natalio Fernández Marcos
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004115743

This comprehensive introduction to the Septuagint and other Greek versions of the Hebrew Bible will prove indispensable to the study of the textual and cultural aspects of the first translation of the Bible, and of its reception by Jews and Christians.

The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint

The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint
Author: Alison G. Salvesen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 776
Release: 2021-01-26
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0191644005

The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures. The collection is of immense importance in the history of both Judaism and Christianity. The renderings of individual books attest to the religious interests of the substantial Jewish population of Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and to the development of the Greek language in its Koine phase. The narrative ascribing the Septuagint's origins to the work of seventy translators in Alexandria attained legendary status among both Jews and Christians. The Septuagint was the version of Scripture most familiar to the writers of the New Testament, and became the authoritative Old Testament of the Greek and Latin Churches. In the early centuries of Christianity it was itself translated into several other languages, and it has had a continuing influence on the style and content of biblical translations. The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint features contributions from leading experts in the field considering the history and manuscript transmission of the version, and the study of translation technique and textual criticism. The collection provides surveys of previous and current research on individual books of the Septuagint corpus, on alternative Jewish Greek versions, the Christian 'daughter' translations, and reception in early Jewish and Christian writers. The Handbook also includes several conversations with related fields of interest such as New Testament studies, liturgy, and art history.

The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ: Volume 3.i

The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ: Volume 3.i
Author: Emil Schürer
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 737
Release: 2014-01-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567604527

Emil Schürer's Geschichte des judischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi, originally published in German between 1874 and 1909 and in English between 1885 and 1891, is a critical presentation of Jewish history, institutions, and literature from 175 B.C. to A.D. 135. It has rendered invaluable services to scholars for nearly a century. The present work offers a fresh translation and a revision of the entire subject-matter. The bibliographies have been rejuvenated and supplemented; the sources are presented according to the latest scholarly editions; and all the new archaeological, epigraphical, numismatic and literary evidence, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bar Kokhba documents, has been introduced into the survey. Account has also been taken of the progress in historical research, both in the classical and Jewish fields. This work reminds students of the profound debt owed to nineteenth-century learning, setting it within a wider framework of contemporary knowledge, and provides a foundation on which future historians of Judaism in the age of Jesus may build.

The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research

The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research
Author: Emanuel Tov
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2015-06-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575063670

This handbook provides a practical guide for the student and scholar alike who wishes to use the Septuagint (LXX) in the text-critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible. It does not serve as another theoretical introduction to the LXX, but it provides all the practical background information needed for the integration of the LXX in biblical studies. The LXX, together with the Masoretic Text and several Qumran scrolls, remains the most significant source of information for the study of ancient Scripture, but it is written in Greek, and many technical details need to be taken into consideration when using this tool. Therefore, a practical handbook such as this is needed for the integration of the Greek translation in the study of the Hebrew Bible. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research is based on much background information, intuition and experience, clear thinking, and a solid description of the procedures followed. The author presents his handbook after half a century of study of the Septuagint, four decades of specialized teaching experience, and involvement in several research projects focusing on the relation between the Hebrew and Greek Bibles. The first two editions of this handbook, published by Simor of Jerusalem (Jerusalem Biblical Studies 3 [1981] and 8 [1997]), received much praise but have been out of print for a considerable period. This, the third, edition presents a completely revised version of the previous editions based on the many developments that took place in the analysis of the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible and the Qumran Scrolls. Much new information has also been added. Eisenbrauns has been involved in the marketing of the previous two editions and is proud to offer now its own completely novel edition. A must for students of the Hebrew Bible, textual criticism, the Septuagint and the other ancient translations, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish Hellenism.

Collected Studies on the Septuagint

Collected Studies on the Septuagint
Author: Jan Joosten
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 9783161517334

In this volume Jan Joosten brings together seventeen articles, published in journals and collective volumes between 1996 and 2008, with one unpublished essay. In these essays he deals mainly with questions of language and interpretation in the earliest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. Many of Jan Joosten's studies take their point of departure in one or the other striking features in the language of the Septuagint, propose a theory explaining its peculiarity, and go on from there to relate the linguistic phenomenon to wider historical, exegetical or theological issues. Others deal with problems of method in establishing the historical background of the version, its relation to the Hebrew source text, and its theology. Taken as a whole, Jan Joosten offers an original contribution to a number of contemporary debates on the Old Greek version. Notably in this book he addresses from various perspectives the questions of who the translators were and what they tried to do.

From Most Ancient Sources

From Most Ancient Sources
Author: Séamus O'Connell
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9783525530108

Slight revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University, Fribourg, 1995.

Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature

Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature
Author: Vriezen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 776
Release: 2005-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9047404203

Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature offers more than simply an introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Increased interest in Early Judaism as successor to the religion of Ancient Israel and background to the New Testament demands an introduction that guides the reader through the maze of Jewish literature dating from the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods in addition to the Hebrew Bible.

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
Author: Everett Ferguson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1270
Release: 1998
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780815333197

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.