The T & T Clark companion to the Septuagint
By: edited by James K. Aitken
Series: T & T Clark companions; T & T Clark companions
Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark; T&T Clark
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng; grc; heb
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780567031341; 9780567200075; 9780567439758
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: RELIGION; Criticism, interpretation; Bibeln; Bible; Old Testament; Biblical Studies; Septuagint; Versions; Septuaginta
Other titles: Companion to the Septuagint
Description: "The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible and the scriptures read by early Christians. Septuagint studies have been a growth field in the past twenty years. It has become an area of interest not only for textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible but as a product of Judaism in the Graeco-Roman world. It is even being utilized occasionally by scholars of Greek religion. At the same time renewed interest in the daughter versions (Syriac, Vulgate, Ethiopic, Coptic etc.) has thrown new attention onto the Septuagint. This Companion provides a cutting-edge survey of scholarly opinion on the Septuagint text of each biblical book. It covers the characteristics of each Septuagint book, its translation features, origins, text-critical problems and history. As such it provides a comprehensive companion to the Septuagint, featuring contributions from experts in the field"--
Notes: "A Companion on the Septuagint should be clear on its subject matter, the Septuagint. The definition is not as easy, however, as it might seem. On a superficial level the Septuagint is everything gathered in the most accessible one-volume edition by Rahlfs-Hanhart, the Septuaginta. Indeed, this Companion takes as its range all those books contained within that volume"--Page 1.

Series statement from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in English. Contains extracts in Koine Greek and Hebrew, with parallel English translations.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Glossary; title: Introduction; title: Genesis / Mark W. Scarlata; title: Exodus / Alison Salvesen; title: Leviticus / Anssi Voitila; title: Numbers / T.V. Evans; title: Deuteronomy / Larry Perkins; title: Joshua / Michaël N. van der Meer; title: Judges / Philip E. Satterthwaite; title: Ruth / Eberhard Bons; title: 1-2 Kingdoms (1-2 Samuel) / Philippe Hugo; title: 3-4 Kingdoms (1-2 Kings) / Timothy Michael Law; title: 1-2 Chronicles (Paraleipomena) / Roger Good; title: 1 Esdras / Hector M. Patmore; title: 2 Esdras / R. Glenn Wooden; title: Esther and additions to Esther / Cameron Boyd-Taylor; title: Judith / Jeremy Corley; title: Tobit / Loren Stuckenbruck and Stuart Weeks; title: 1 Maccabees / David S. Williams; title: 2 Maccabees / Frank Shaw; title: 3 Maccabees / Sara Raup Johnson; title: 4 Maccabees / Robert J.V. Hiebert; title: Psalms / James K. Aitken; title: Prayer of Manasseh (Odes 12) / James K. Aitken; title: Proverbs / James K. Aitken and Lorenzo Cuppi; title: Ecclesiastes / James K. Aitken; title: Canticles (Song of Songs) / Jean-Marie Auwers; title: Job / Claude E. Cox; title: Wisdom of Solomon / James K. Aitken; title: Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) / Benjamin G. Wright; title: Psalms of Solomon / Daniele Pevarello; title: The Minor Prophets / Jennifer M. Dines; title: Isaiah / Abi T. Ngunga and Joachim Schaper; title: Jeremiah / Andrew G. Shead; title: Baruch / Daniel Ryan; title: Lamentations / Kevin J. Youngblood; title: Epistle of Jeremiah / Benjamin G. Wright; title: Ezekiel / Katrin Hauspie; title: Daniel (Old Greek and Theodotion) / R. Timothy McLay; title: The additions to Daniel / Lawrence Lahey.