The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826540603321
• Autore: Tov Emanuel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-57506-367-0
• Edizione: [Third edition, completely revised and expanded.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.4/86
• Soggetti: HISTORY / Ancient / General; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: SOME BASIC NOTIONS; PART I: The Reconstruction of the Hebrew Text Underlying the LXX: Possibilities and Impossibilities; CHAPTER 2: WHEN TO RECONSTRUCT VARIANTS?; CHAPTER 3: HOW TO RECONSTRUCT THE VORLAGE OF THE LXX-POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS; EXCURSUS 1: THE USE OF CONCORDANCES IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VORLAGE OF THE LXX; EXCURSUS 2: THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TOOLS IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VORLAGE OF THE LXX; EXCURSUS 3: TENDENTIOUS PALAEOGRAPHICAL EXEGESIS?; CHAPTER 4: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ELEMENTS NOT INDICATED IN THE VORLAGE OF THE TRANSLATORSCHAPTER 5: VARIANTS, VARIANTS/NON-VARIANTS, AND PSEUDO-VARIANTS; EXCURSUS 1: MATRES LECTIONIS AND FINAL LETTERS; EXCURSUS 2: ABBREVIATIONS?; EXCURSUS 3: THE SCRIPT OF THE VORLAGE OF THE LXX; EXCURSUS 4: VARIANTS RETROVERTED FROM THE REVISIONS OF THE LXX; EXCURSUS: ETYMOLOGICAL EXEGESIS; PART II: The Nature and Evaluation of the Hebrew Text Underlying the LXX; CHAPTER 6 THE NATURE OF THE HEBREW TEXT UNDERLYING THE LXX; CHAPTER 7: THE EVALUATION OF RETROVERTED VARIANTS IN BIBLICAL RESEARCH; EXCURSUS: THE EVALUATION OF RETROVERTED VARIANTS IN THE BH SERIESCHAPTER 8: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LXX TO THE LITERARY CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE; INDEX OF AUTHORS; INDEX OF BIBLICAL PASSAGES
• Sommario/riassunto: This handbook provides a practical guide for the student and scholar alike who wishes to use the Septuagint (LXX) in the text-critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible. It does not serve as another theoretical introduction to the LXX, but it provides all the practical background information needed for the integration of the LXX in biblical studies. The LXX, together with the Masoretic Text and several Qumran scrolls, remains the most significant source of information for the study of ancient Scripture, but it is written in Greek, and many technical details need to be taken into consideration when using this tool. Therefore, a practical handbook such as this is needed for the integration of the Greek translation in the study of the Hebrew Bible.The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research is based on much background information, intuition and experience, clear thinking, and a solid description of the procedures followed. The author presents his handbook after half a century of study of the Septuagint, four decades of specialized teaching experience, and involvement in several research projects focusing on the relation between the Hebrew and Greek Bibles.The first two editions of this handbook, published by Simor of Jerusalem (Jerusalem Biblical Studies 3 [1981] and 8 [1997]), received much praise but have been out of print for a considerable period. This, the third, edition presents a completely revised version of the previous editions based on the many developments that took place in the analysis of the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible and the Qumran Scrolls. Much new information has also been added.Eisenbrauns has been involved in the marketing of the previous two editions and is proud to offer now its own completely novel edition. A must for students of the Hebrew Bible, textual criticism, the Septuagint and the other ancient translations, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish Hellenism.