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"Twenty-five years after it first appeared, Jellicoe's classic work is still one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Septuagint and cognate studies. Its completeness makes it valuable not only as a textbook, but also as a reference tool for those working in the Septuagint.

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Number of Pages444 Pages

Publication NameSeptuagint and Modern Study

LanguageEnglish

SubjectChristianity / History

Publication Year2013

TypeTextbook

AuthorSidney Jellicoe

Subject AreaReligion

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Table Of ContentABBREVIATIONS I. INTRODUCTION. MODERN STUDY--ITS ANTECEDENTS, BEGINNINGS, AND DEVELOPMENT Antecedents The Edition of Holmes and Parsons Tischendorf's Editions The Modern Era Beginnings in Germany and Britain Paul Anton de Lagarde; Field, Swete, Hatch and Redpath Developments The Gottingen Septuagint: Rahlfs and his Collaborators The Successors of Rahlfs The Larger Cambridge Septuagint The Cambridge and Gottingen Editions compared PART ONE ORIGINS AND TRANSMISSION-HISTORY II. SEPTUAGINT ORIGINS: THE LETTER OF ARISTEAS Literary genre Editions Translations Contents Transmission-History Date and Purpose Historical Value III. MODERN THEORIES OF ORIGIN The Septuagint a Greek Targum (Paul Kahle) A Palestinian Provenance (Moses Gaster) The Liturgical Approach (H. St. John Thackeray) The Transcription Theory (O.G. Tychsen, F.X. Wutz) IV. EARLY REVISIONS The Background Aquila Theodotion Symmachus V. ORIGEN AND THE HEXAPLA The Compiler: his Objectives and Competence The Purpose of the Second Column Origen's Reconstituted Text: its achievements and limitations The Problem of the Tetrapla Quinta, Sexta, and Septima The Syro-Hexaplar Hexaplaric Remains, Editions VI. THE TRIFARIA VARIETAS The Palestinian Recension of Origen The Hesychian Recension Lucian and his Recension PART TWO TEXT AND LANGUAGE VII. MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SEPTUAGINT Uncials Cursives Papyri (including Fragments) VIII. THE VERSIONS Introductory 1. The Samaritan Pentateuch 2. The Syriac Version 3. The Old Latin 4. The Vulgate 5. The Coptic Versions 6. The Gothic Version 7. The Armenian Version 8. The Georgian Version 9. The Slavonic Version 10. The Ethiopic Version 11. The Arabic Versions IX. THE BOOKS OF THE SEPTUAGINT. MODERN EDITIONS AND TEXT-CRITICAL STUDIES A. Books edited in the Larger Cambridge Edition 1. The Pentateuch 2. The Historical Books B. Books Edited in the Gottingen Edition 1. Psalms and Odes 2. The Prophets 3. The Books of Maccabees 4. Wisdom Literature X. LANGUAGE AND STYLE Translation-technique The Hebrew Text and the Septuagint The LXX as emendational instrument 'Haggadi' alterations Rubrical directions 'Arabisms' and other cognate Semitic roots Deficiencies of LXX vis-a-vis M.T. Grammar and Lexicography XI. THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SEPTUAGINT STUDIES Progress in the Current Century Current Problems and Future Prospects 1. Vorlage 2. The Recensions 3. Patristica, Rabbinica, and the Septuagint 4. The Early Printed Editions 5. The Autonomy of the Septuagint 6. The New Testament and the Septuagint Some Final Considerations APPENDIX I. Sigla employed in the Larger Cambridge Edition APPENDIX II. Manuscripts collated in the Gottingen and Larger Cambridge Editions: Cursives, Papyri, Fragments BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEXES

SynopsisTwenty-five years after it first appeared, Jellicoe's classic work is still one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Septuagint and cognate studies. Its completeness makes it valuable not only as a textbook, but also as a reference tool for those working in the Septuagint. In bringing together the principal features of twentieth-century Septuagint studies, the author provides a wealth of valuable information. The first part of the book traces the origins and transmission history of the LXX. The second part moves to a discussion of the various LXX manuscripts, versions, and critical editions, along with a brief discussion of language and style. The appendixes, bibliography, and various indexes increase the resource value of this volume., Twenty-five years after it first appeared, Jellicoe's classic work is still one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Septuagint and cognate studies. Its completeness makes it valuable not only as a textbook, but also as a reference tool for those working in the Septuagint. In bringing together the ......|9781575062518|