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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)
Series: - Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 193
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.
Johann Cook, DLitt (1982), Stellenbosch University, is emeritus professor in the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University. He has published extensively on textual criticism, including the Septuagint. He specializes in ancient Near Eastern wisdom texts, especially the books of Proverbs.
Gideon R. Kotzé, DTh (2011), Stellenbosch University, is research professor in the Focus Area Ancient Texts at the Faculty of Theology, North-West University. His most recent monograph is Images and Ideas of Debated Readings in the Book of Lamentations (Mohr Siebeck, 2020).
Gideon R. Kotzé, DTh (2011), Stellenbosch University, is research professor in the Focus Area Ancient Texts at the Faculty of Theology, North-West University. His most recent monograph is Images and Ideas of Debated Readings in the Book of Lamentations (Mohr Siebeck, 2020).
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 The Septuagint South of Alexandria—in Antiquity
Siegfried Kreuzer
2 The Historical Context of the LXX and Its Hebrew Vorlage
Russell E. Gmirkin
3 Platonism and Judaism: Have They Ever Met? Reflections on Biblical Creation Stories
Johann Cook
4 Euripides’ Ion and 1 Samuel 1: Tradition-Historical and Cultural Critical Remarks
Evangelia G. Dafni
5 The Man Who Would Be King: Reading Haman’s Edict (LXX Esther Addition B) through the Lens of Social Identity Theory
Helen Efthimiadis-Keith (AKA Keith-van Wyk)
6 Virtue, Asceticism, and the Masculinized Woman: Judith in Early Christian Greek and Latin Interpretations from the Second to the Fifth Century CE
Chris L. de Wet
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
Risimati S. Hobyane
8 De (Pro)verb(i)is Raris: The Greek Rendering of Hebrew Absolute Hapax Legomena in LXX Proverbs
Bryan Beeckman
9 Wise and All-Surpassing Kings: Two Shared Themes in LXX Ecclesiastes 1:16 and the Standard Babylonian Version of the Gilgameš Epic
Gideon R. Kotzé
10 Atonement and Forgiveness in (the Book of) Sirach: A Survey on the Usage of ἐξιλάσκομαι/ἐξιλασμός
Wolfgang Kraus
11 Anthropology in the Greek Psalter
Martin Rösel
12 Divine Distinctiveness in Greek Exodus (With Special Focus on the Plague Narrative)
Larry Perkins
13 Who and What Is a Hebrew Deity? Reflecting on Certain Hebrew and Greek Self-Declarations and Expressions
Peter Nagel
14 “Joint Human-Angelic Praise” in Old Greek Daniel and 4QSabbah Shirot: Early Evidence of Merkebah Mysticism?
Annette H. M. Evans
15 Josephus, the New Testament, and the Talmud: towards Reconstructing the Theology of the Sadducees
Nicholas P. L. Allen
16 The Biblical Hebrew Idiom “Fill the Hand” and Its Translation in the Septuagint, Peshitta and Targums
Douglas T. Mangum
17 Life for the Righteous: Perspectives on the Text(s) and Interpretation(s) of Habakkuk 2:1–4 in Ancient Textual Witnesses
Gert T. M. Prinsloo
18 Translating Hebrew Poetry: Ezekiel 19 in the Septuagint as an Example
Herrie F. van Rooy
19 Masks in Bible, Targum, and Talmud: An Investigative Study
Gudrun E. Lier
20 Generative Syntax and Septuagint Greek: A Preliminary Analysis of the Quantifier πᾶς
Jacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé
Index of Ancient Sources
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
Part 1: Historical Context of the Septuagint
1 The Septuagint South of Alexandria—in Antiquity
Siegfried Kreuzer
2 The Historical Context of the LXX and Its Hebrew Vorlage
Russell E. Gmirkin
3 Platonism and Judaism: Have They Ever Met? Reflections on Biblical Creation Stories
Johann Cook
4 Euripides’ Ion and 1 Samuel 1: Tradition-Historical and Cultural Critical Remarks
Evangelia G. Dafni
Part 2: Narrative Books of the Septuagint
5 The Man Who Would Be King: Reading Haman’s Edict (LXX Esther Addition B) through the Lens of Social Identity Theory
Helen Efthimiadis-Keith (AKA Keith-van Wyk)
6 Virtue, Asceticism, and the Masculinized Woman: Judith in Early Christian Greek and Latin Interpretations from the Second to the Fifth Century CE
Chris L. de Wet
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
Risimati S. Hobyane
Part 3: Wisdom Books of the Septuagint
8 De (Pro)verb(i)is Raris: The Greek Rendering of Hebrew Absolute Hapax Legomena in LXX Proverbs
Bryan Beeckman
9 Wise and All-Surpassing Kings: Two Shared Themes in LXX Ecclesiastes 1:16 and the Standard Babylonian Version of the Gilgameš Epic
Gideon R. Kotzé
10 Atonement and Forgiveness in (the Book of) Sirach: A Survey on the Usage of ἐξιλάσκομαι/ἐξιλασμός
Wolfgang Kraus
part 4: Anthropology and Theology
11 Anthropology in the Greek Psalter
Martin Rösel
12 Divine Distinctiveness in Greek Exodus (With Special Focus on the Plague Narrative)
Larry Perkins
13 Who and What Is a Hebrew Deity? Reflecting on Certain Hebrew and Greek Self-Declarations and Expressions
Peter Nagel
14 “Joint Human-Angelic Praise” in Old Greek Daniel and 4QSabbah Shirot: Early Evidence of Merkebah Mysticism?
Annette H. M. Evans
15 Josephus, the New Testament, and the Talmud: towards Reconstructing the Theology of the Sadducees
Nicholas P. L. Allen
part 5: Septuagint and Other Ancient Translations
16 The Biblical Hebrew Idiom “Fill the Hand” and Its Translation in the Septuagint, Peshitta and Targums
Douglas T. Mangum
17 Life for the Righteous: Perspectives on the Text(s) and Interpretation(s) of Habakkuk 2:1–4 in Ancient Textual Witnesses
Gert T. M. Prinsloo
18 Translating Hebrew Poetry: Ezekiel 19 in the Septuagint as an Example
Herrie F. van Rooy
19 Masks in Bible, Targum, and Talmud: An Investigative Study
Gudrun E. Lier
part 6: Language of the Septuagint
20 Generative Syntax and Septuagint Greek: A Preliminary Analysis of the Quantifier πᾶς
Jacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé
Index of Ancient Sources
Scholars and students interested in the historical context, themes, theology, and language of the Septuagint, as well as specialists in other ancient translations and textual criticism.