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PublisherBrill

ISBN-109004115749

ISBN-139789004115743

eBay Product ID (ePID)1742348

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXvi, 396 Pages

Publication NameSeptuagint in Context : Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

AuthorNatalio Fernández Marcos

Subject AreaReligion, Bibles

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight26.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-041378

Reviews' ...a volume that is not only the most comprehensive available, but sets a new standard for Septuagint studies .'Peter J. Gentry, The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology , 2004' It is a pleasure to have an English version of this Introduction - "the most thorough and up-to-date summary and evaluation of current scholarly work" (Jobes and Silva). May it receive the wide acclaim it deserves. 'A. Hilhorst, Journal for the Study of Judaism , 2002.

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SynopsisThis 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., This 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 Origens 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.", This 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.

LC Classification NumberBS38.F4713 2000