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 koine | 3 |
The Septuagint as a Translation | 18 |
The Letter of PseudoAristeas and Other Ancient Sources | 35 |
Modern Interpretations of the Origins of | 53 |
The Septuagint and the Hebrew Text | 67 |
The Double Texts of the Greek Bible | 85 |
Aquila and his Predecessors | 109 |
Symmachus the Translator | 123 |
Hesychian Recension or Alexandrian Group | 239 |
Other Revisions | 247 |
Biblical Quotations | 258 |
Aporiai and Biblical Commentaries | 274 |
The Religion of the Septuagint and Hellenism | 305 |
The Septuagint and the New Testament | 320 |
The Septuagint and Early Christian Literature | 338 |
Glossary of Technical Terms | 363 |
Theodotion and the Kcuye Revision | 142 |
Other Ancient Versions | 155 |
Transmission and Textual History | 191 |
Origens Hexapla | 204 |
The Lucianic Recension | 223 |
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| 382 | |
Abbreviations | 389 |
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Common terms and phrases
3rd century Alexandria ancient Antiochene Aquila Aramaic Barthelemy biblical Greek biblical text Bibliography Busto Saiz Cairo Genizah Cambridge catenae century BCE chapter Christian Codex commentary Coptic Daniel Devanciers d'Aquila Eusebius exegesis exegetical Exodus Fernandez Marcos fragments Genesis Gottingen grecque grecs Greek Bible Greek text Greek translation Greek version griechischen H. B. Swete Hanhart Hebrew text Hellenistic Hexapla interpretation Isaiah J. W. Wevers Jellicoe Jeremiah Jerome Jewish Jews Josephus Judaism Kahle Kings koine language Leiden Letter of Aristeas linguistic literary literature Lucianic recension Madrid manuscripts Masoretic text Mercati Midrash Old Latin Old Testament Origen original papyri Paris passages Pentateuch Philo problem proto-Lucianic Psalms Pseudepigrapha Quaestiones quinta Qumran quotations rabbinic Rahlfs readings revision Samaritan Scripture Semitic Septante Septuagint siglum Symmachus Targum Testament in Greek Textual Criticism Textus Theodoret Theodotion Theodotionic tion tradition trans translation techniques transliterated transmitted Twelve Prophets Vorlage writings Ziegler
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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