Septuagint and Reception (2009 Cook), edited volume

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Johann Cook, Septuagint and Reception (Leiden: Brill, 2009).

Abstract

Proceeding of the Conference of The Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa (University of Stellenbosch, 2008).

Contents

Part One - The Septuagint. The old Greek text

  • The prayer of Azariah (DanLXX 3): sources and origin / Jan Joosten
  • On the role of external traditions in the Septuagint / Johann Cook
  • Psalms as magic? P.Vindob. G 39205 revisited / Peter Arzt-Grabner
  • Examining the 'pluses' in the Greek Psalter : a study of the Septuagint translation qua communication / Randall X. Gauthier
  • The Greek translation of Lamentations: towards a more nuanced view of its 'literal' character / Gideon Kotze

Part Two (I) - Reception. The New Testament

  • Hab 2:3-4 in the Hebrew tradition and in the Septuagint, with its reception in the New Testament / Wolfgang Kraus
  • Quotations from the Minor Prophets in Hebrews / Gert J. Steyn
  • Ancient Egyptian elements in Hebrews 1? / Annette Evans
  • Differences between the MT and LXX contexts of Old Testament quotations in the New Testament: Isaiah 45:18-25 as a case study / Ronald H. van der Bergh

Part Two (II) - From Josephus to Augustine and beyond

  • The use of names as evidence of the Septuagint as a source for Josephus' Antiquities in books 1 to 5 / Lawrence Ronald Lincoln
  • Wisdom in the wisdom of Solomon and Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus / Johan C. Thom
  • The strange woman in Proverbs, LXX Proverbs and Aseneth / William Loader
  • The reception of the Susanna narrative (Dan. XIII) in early Christianity / Chris L. de Wet
  • Augustine, Jerome and the Septuagint / Annemarie Kotze

Part Two (III) - Miscellanea

  • The treatment of Hapax Legomena in MT Ezekiel, in the LXX Ezekiel and Peshitta: a comparative study / Harry F. van Rooy
  • The role of metatexts in the translations of sacred texts: the case of the Book of Aristeas and the Septuagint / Jacobus A. Naudé
  • Kingship ideology: a neglected element in Aristeas' charter myth for Alexandrian Judaism / Jonathan More
  • "Eunuchs"?: the ancient background of Eunouchos in the Septuagint / Sakkie Cornelius
  • Reading Judith as therapeutic narrative / Pierre Johan Jordaan
  • Performing Susanna : speech acts and other performative elements in Susanna / Eugene Coetzer
  • Reading narratives in the Septuagint: a discourse on method / Dick M. Kanonge

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