Septuagint and Reception: Essays Prepared for the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa

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A new association for the study of the Septuagint was formed in South Africa recently. The present collection is a compilation of papers delivered at the first conference of this association, as well as other contributions. The volume addresses issues touching on the Septuagint in the broad sense of the word. This includes the Old Greek text (Daniel, Proverbs, Psalms and Lamentations) as well as the reception of the LXX (NT, Augustine and Jerome, etc.). A few contributions that may be regarded as miscellanea are nevertheless related to matters Septuagintal (Aristeas, Peshitta, Eunochos).
 

Contents

Sources and Origin JAN JOOSTEN
5
On the Role of External Traditions in the Septuagint JOHANN COOK
17
Psalms as Magic? PVindob G 39205 Revisited PETER ARZTGRABNER
37
A Study of theSeptuagint Translation Qua Communication RANDALL X GAUTHIER
45
Towards a MoreNuanced View of its Literal Character GIDEON KOTZÉ
77
RECEPTION
97
THE NEW TESTAMENT
99
34 in the Hebrew Tradition and in the Septuagint with its Reception in the New Testament WOLFGANG KRAUS
101
The Reception of the Susanna Narrative Dan XIIIin Early Christianity CHRIS L DE WET
229
Augustine Jerome and the Septuagint ANNEMARÉ KOTZÉ
245
MISCELLANEA
261
A Comparative Study HARRY F VAN ROOY
263
The Case of the Book of Aristeas and the Septuagint JACOBUS A NAUDÉ
281
A Neglected Element in Aristeas Charter Mythfor A lexandrian Judaism JONATHAN MORE
299
Eunuchs? The Ancient Background of Eunouchosin the Septuagint SAKKIE CORNELIUS
321
Reading Judith as Therapeutic Narrative PIERRE JOHAN JORDAAN
335

Quotations from the Minor Prophets in Hebrews GERT J STEYN
119
Ancient Egyptian Elements in Hebrews 1? ANNETTE EVANS
141
Isaiah 451825 as a Case Study RONALD H VAN DER BERGH
159
FROM JOSEPHUS TO AUGUSTINE AND BEYOND
177
The Use of Names as Evidence of the Septuagint as a Source for Josephus Antiquities in Books 1 to 5 LAWRENCE RONALD LINCOLN
179
Wisdom in the Wisdom of Solomon and Cleanthes Hymn to Zeus JOHAN C THOM
195
The Strange Woman in Proverbs LXX Proverbs and Aseneth WILLIAM LOADER
209
Speech Acts and Other PerformativeElements in Susanna EUGENE COETZER
347
A Discourse on Method DICHK M KANONGE
361
Index of Modern Authors
383
Index of Subjects
389
Index of Texts
397
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Johann Cook D. Litt (1982), University of Stellenbosch, is associate professor of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch. He has published extensively on the Septuagint, including "The Septuagint of Proverbs Jewish and/or Hellenistic Proverbs?" (Brill VTS 69, 1997)

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