The Septuagint in Context: Introduction to the Greek Version of the BibleThis translation of the second - revised and expanded - Spanish edition deals fully with the origins of the Septuagint. It discusses its linguistic and cultural frame, its relation to the Hebrew text and to the Qumran documents, the transmission of the Septuagint and its reception by Jews and Christians. It includes the early revisions, Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion, the Christian recensions and particularly Origen's Hexapla, Biblical commentaries and catenae, as well as other issues such as the relation of the Septuagint to Hellenism, to the New Testament and to Early Christian Literature. It is a comprehensive introduction to the Septuagint, the first translation and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, and to other Greek versions of the Bible. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details. |
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Contents
Biblical Greek and its Position within koiné | 3 |
The Septuagint as a Translation | 18 |
Modern Linguistics and the Translation Process | 26 |
The Letter of PseudoAristeas and Other Ancient Sources | 35 |
Modern Interpretations of the Origins of | 53 |
Select Bibliography | 59 |
The Septuagint and the Hebrew Text | 67 |
The Use of the Septuagint in Hebrew Textual | 76 |
13 | 127 |
16 | 159 |
17 | 191 |
Manuscripts? | 239 |
The Literature of the Calenae | 287 |
The Religion of the Septuagint and Hellenism | 305 |
The Septuagint and the New Testament | 320 |
The Septuagint and Early Christian Literature | 338 |
Textual Criticism and Literary Criticism | 83 |
Targumism | 101 |
Aquila and his Predecessors | 109 |
Characteristics | 115 |
Select Bibliography | 121 |
Glossary of Technical Terms | 363 |
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Abbreviations | 389 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Septuagint in Context: Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible Biblical Studies and Religious Studies |
| Author | Natalio Fernández Marcos |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2000 |
| ISBN | 9004115749, 9789004115743 |
| Length | 394 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Interior Design / General Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament |
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