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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782584903321

Autore

Müller Mogens

Titolo

The first Bible of the Church [[electronic resource] ] : a plea for the Septuagint / / Mogens Müller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-81370-2

9786611813703

0-567-63417-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 206

Copenhagen international seminar ; ; 1

Disciplina

221.4/8

Soggetti

Greek language - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Synopsis of the Content of Biblia Hebraica, Septuagint and Vulgate; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE JEWISH BIBLE AT THE TIME OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 3 JEWISH DEFENCE OF THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE LAW; Chapter 4 THE RECEPTION OF THE SEPTUAGINT LEGEND INTO THE CHURCH UP TO AND INCLUDING AUGUSTINE; Chapter 5 HEBRAICA SIVE GRAECA VERITAS?; Chapter 6 VETUS TESTAMENTUM IN NOVO RECEPTUM; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The First Bible of the Church describes of the shape of the Jewish Bible at the time of the New Testament, with a special focus on the significance of the Greek translation, the Septuagint. The Jewish defence of the Septuagint version and its reception into the early Church makes it a representative of the Jewish Bible tradition fully on a par with the Hebrew Bible. This fact is especially important because the Septuagint is extensively used in the New Testament writings, whereby it-and not the Hebrew Bible (the Masoretic text)-is the most obvious candidate for the title of the first Bible of