The Septuagint in Context: Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible - Softcover

Natalio Fernndez Marcos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589834631 ISBN 13: 9781589834637

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009

Synopsis

This text deals with the origins of the Septuagint, the first translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek. It discusses its linguistic and cultural frame and its relation to the hebrew text and to the Qumran documents. It includes the early revisions and the Christian recensions as well as other issues such as the relation of the Septuagint to Hellenism, to the New Testament and to early Christian literature.

About this title

About the Authors

Natalio Fernández Marcos, Ph.D. (1970) in Classical Philology, University of Madrid (Complutense), is Research Professor at the Institute of Philology, where he was Director (1988-1992). He has published extensively on the Septuagint and Hellenistic Judaism, including Scribes and Translators: Septuagint and Old Latin in the Books of Kings (Brill, 1994) and El texto antioqueno de la Biblia griega (CSIC 1989-1996).

Natallo Fernandez Marcos, Ph.D. (1970) in Classical Philology, University of Madrid (Complutense), is Research Professor at the Institute of Philology, where he was Director (1988-1992). He has published extensively on the Septuagint and Hellenistic Judaism, including Scribes and Translators: Septuagint and Old Latin in the Books of Kings (Brill, 1994) and El texto antioqueno de la Biblia griega (CSIC 1989-1996).

From the Back Cover

This translation of the second¬ revised and expanded Spanish edition is a comprehensive introduction to the Septuagint, the first translation and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, and to other Greek versions of the Bible. The volume deals fully with the origins of the Septuagint, including its linguistic and cultural frame, its relation to the Hebrew text and to the Qumran documents, and its transmission and 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 will prove particularly useful to biblical scholars and students of theology, ancient history, philology, and to those interested in the history of Judaism and the origins of Christianity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589834631
• ISBN 13: 9781589834637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412