Septuagint Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek Jewish Scriptures (Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series) [Paperback]

Wolfgang Kraus (Editor), R. Glenn Wooden (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series | Publication Date: March 15, 2006

The past few decades have witnessed a renewed scholarly interest in the Septuagint, especially with regard to its importance for the fields of theology, Jewish studies, classics, philosophy, history of religions, linguistics, and history of literature. To provide students and scholars alike with ready access to the most recent developments, this collection of essays presents a comprehensive and representative picture of septuagintal research today. Specifically, this volume surveys methodological issues, thematic and book-centered studies focused on the Old Greek Septuagint translations, the use of these translations in the New Testament, and a call for the exploration of the theologies of the Septuagint as a bridge between the theologies of the Hebrew Bible and those of the New Testament. It brings together a variety of perspectives, from emerging voices to seasoned scholars, both English-speaking scholars working on the New English Translation of the Septuagint project and German-speaking scholars working on the Septuaginta Deutsch project. Besides editors Wolfgang Kraus and R. Glenn Wooden, the contributors are Patricia Ahearne-Kroll, Stephen Ahearne-Kroll, Claudia Bergmann, Cameron Boyd-Taylor, Ralph Brucker, Kristin De Troyer, Beate Ego, Heinz-Josef Fabry, Robert J. V. Hiebert, Karen H. Jobes, Martin Karrer, Siegfried Kreuzer, Albert Pietersma, Martin Rosel, Aaron Schart, Helmut Utzschneider, Wade Albert White, Florian Wilk, and Benjamin G. Wright III. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Wolfgang Kraus, Ph.D. (1990) in Pauline Theology,University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, is Professor of New Testament Studies and Chair of New Testament at Universitat des Saarlandes in Saarbrucken, Germany. He is the co-editor of Septuaginta Deutsch: Das griechische Alte Testament in Ubersetzung, forthcoming from the German Bible Society. R. Glenn Wooden, Ph.D. (2000) in the Book of Daniel, St Andrews University (UK), is Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, NS, Canada. He is co-editor of "You Will Be My Witnesses": Festschrift in Honour of Allison Trites (Mercer University Press); is co-editor of Studies in the Scriptures of Judaism and Early Christianity, a subseries of The Library of Second Temple Studies and The Library of New Testament Studies (T&T Clark); and is on the editorial board of SBL's new Commentary on the Septuagint series. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature (March 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589832043
• ISBN-13: 978-1589832046
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
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