Originally published in German with title: Einleitung in die Septuaginta. Handbuch zur Spetuaginta Band 1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The origins and transmission of the Septuagint / Siegfried Kreuzer -- Overview of textual witnesses to the Septuagint / Siegfried Kreuzer, Marcus Sigismund -- From the Torah to nomos: perspectives of research on the Greek Pentateuch / Martin Rosel -- Genesis / Martina Kepper -- Exodos/Exodus / Peter Schwagmeier -- Levitikon/Leviticus / Martin Vahrenhorst -- Arithmoi/Numeri/Numbers / Gilles Dorival -- Deuteronomion/Deuteronomium/Deuteronomy / Melvin K.H. Peters -- Jesus/Josue/Joshua / Cornelis G. den Hertog -- Kritai/Iudices/Judges / Natalio Fernandez Marcos -- Ruth / Eberhard Bons -- Basileion I and II/1-2 Kingdoms/1-2 Samuel / Philippe Hugo -- Basileion III/3 Kingdoms/1 Kings / Martin Meiser -- Basileion IV/4 Kingdoms/2 Kings / Julio Trebolle Barrera -- Paraleipomenon I and II/1-2 Chronica/1-2 Chronicles / Adrian Schenker -- Esdras I/1 Esdras/3 Ezra / Dieter Bohler -- Esdras II/2 Esdras/Ezra-Nehemiah / Dieter Bohler -- Esther/The book of Esther / Kristin De Troyer -- Judith/The book of Judith / Helmut Engel -- Tobit/The book of Tobit/Tobias / Katrin Hauspie -- Makkabaion I/1 Maccabees / Michael Tilly -- Makkabaion II/2 Maccabees / Tobias Nicklas -- Makkabaion III/3 Maccabees / Wolfgang Orth -- Makkabaion IV/4 Maccabees / Robert J.V. Hiebert -- Psalmoi/The book of Psalms / Eberhard Bons, Ralph Brucker -- Odai/Odai/The book of Odes / Ioan Chirila, Siegfried Kreuzer -- Psalmoi Solomontos/Psalms of Solomon / Felix Albrecht -- Paroimiai/Proverbia/Proverbs of Solomon / Hans-Winfried Jungling -- Ekklesiastes/Qohelet/Ecclesiaster / Peter J. Gentry with Yun Yeong Yi -- Asma/Canticum Canticorum/Song of Songs / Eva Schulz-Flugel -- Job / Markus Witte -- Sophia Solomonos/Sapientia Salomonis/Wisdom of Solomon / Helmut Engel -- Sophia Sirach/Ekklesiasticus/The Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach / Frank Ueberschaer -- Dodekapropheton/The Twelve Prophets: an overview / Cecile Dogniez -- Osee/Hosea / Jan Joosten -- Amos / Eberhard Bons -- Michaias/Michaeas/Micah / Cecile Dogniez, Jan Joosten -- Joel / Cecile Dogniez -- Abdiu/Abdias/Obadiah / Cecile Dogniez -- Jonas/Judah / Cecile Dogniez -- Naoum/Nahum / Heinz-Josef Fabry -- Ambakoum/Habacuc/Habakkuk / Heinz-Josef Fabry -- Sophonias/Zephaniah / Jong-Hoon Kim -- Aggaois/Aggaeus/Haggai / Thomas Pola -- Zacharias/Zechariah / Thomas Pola -- Malachias/Malachi / Cecile Dogniez -- Esaias/Isais/Isaiah / Arie van der Kooij -- Jeremias/Ieremias/Jeremiah / Pierre-Maurice Bogaert -- Baruch / Pierre-Maurice Bogaert -- Threnoi/Lamentationes/Lamentations / Frank Ueberschaer -- Epistole Jeremiu/Epistula Ieremias/Epistle of Jeremiah / Benjamin G. Wright -- Iezekiel/Ezechiel/Ezekiel / Johan Lust -- Daniel / Marco Settembrini -- Sousanna/Susanna/Susannah / Heinz-Dieter Neef -- Bel kai Drakon/Bel et Draco/Bel and the Dragon / Heinz-Dieter Neef -- The Septuagint text in early Christianity / Martin Karrer -- The significance of Septuagint quotations in the New Testament against the background of Old Testament textual history / Wolfgang Kraus.
Summary:
"Examines the origins, language, textual history, and reception of the Greek Old Testament"-- Provided by publisher.
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