The Septuagint South of Alexandria : : Essays on the Greek Translations and Other Ancient Versions by the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa (LXXSA) / / edited by Johann Cook and Gideon R. Kotzé.

• Superior document: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements ; 193
• TeilnehmendeR: Cook, Johann,; Kotzé, Gideon R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements ; 193.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (505 pages)

This volume presents original research on the historical context, narrative and wisdom books, anthropology, theology, language, and reception of the Septuagint, as well as comparisons of the Greek translations with other ancient versions and texts.

This volume tackles topics relevant to the study of the Septuagint and related fields of research, such as the historical context of the Greek translations and texts, their anthropology, theology, language, and reception, as well as the comparison of the Septuagint with other ancient translations and texts of its intellectual environment. The authors make contributions to the study of the texts themselves, their themes, and theories in modern research on the ancient artefacts.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part 1 Historical Context of the Septuagint -- Chapter 1 The Septuagint South of Alexandria-in Antiquity -- Chapter 2 The Historical Context of the lxx and Its Hebrew Vorlage -- Chapter 3 Platonism and Judaism: Have They Ever Met? Reflections on Biblical Creation Stories -- Chapter 4 Euripides' Ion and 1 Samuel 1: Tradition-Historical and Cultural Critical Remarks -- Part 2 Narrative Books of the Septuagint -- Chapter 5 The Man Who Would Be King: Reading Haman's Edict (lxx Esther Addition B) through the Lens of Social Identity Theory -- Chapter 6 Virtue, Asceticism, and the Masculinized Woman: Judith in Early Christian Greek and Latin Interpretations from the Second to the Fifth Century ce -- Chapter 7 A Greimassian Analysis of the Function of the Fundamental Values in the Story of Daniel and the Priests of Bel in the lxx Additions to Daniel -- Part 3 Wisdom Books of the Septuagint -- Chapter 8 De (Pro)verb(i)is Raris: The Greek Rendering of Hebrew Absolute Hapax Legomena in lxx Proverbs -- Chapter 9 Wise and All-Surpassing Kings: Two Shared Themes in lxx Ecclesiastes 1:16 and the Standard Babylonian Version of the Gilgameš Epic -- Chapter 10 Atonement and Forgiveness in (the Book of) Sirach: A Survey on the Usage of ἐξιλάσκομαι/ἐξιλασμός -- Part 4 Anthropology and Theology -- Chapter 11 Anthropology in the Greek Psalter -- Chapter 12 Divine Distinctiveness in Greek Exodus (With Special Focus on the Plague Narrative) -- Chapter 13 Who and What Is a Hebrew Deity? Reflecting on Certain Hebrew and Greek Self-Declarations and Expressions -- Chapter 14 "Joint Human-Angelic Praise" in Old Greek Daniel and 4QSabbah Shirot: Early Evidence of Merkebah Mysticism?.

Chapter 15 Josephus, the New Testament, and the Talmud: towards Reconstructing the Theology of the Sadducees -- Part 5 Septuagint and Other Ancient Translations -- Chapter 16 The Biblical Hebrew Idiom "Fill the Hand" and Its Translation in the Septuagint, Peshitta and Targums -- Chapter 17 Life for the Righteous: Perspectives on the Text(s) and Interpretation(s) of Habakkuk 2:1-4 in Ancient Textual Witnesses -- Chapter 18 Translating Hebrew Poetry: Ezekiel 19 in the Septuagint as an Example -- Chapter 19 Masks in Bible, Targum, and Talmud: An Investigative Study -- Part 6 Language of the Septuagint -- Chapter 20 Generative Syntax and Septuagint Greek: A Preliminary Analysis of the Quantifier πᾶς -- Index of Ancient Sources.