Septuagint, sages, and scripture : studies in honour of Johann Cook /

The studies collected in this volume were written in honour of Johann Cook, emeritus professor of the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University. They cover a variety of subjects including the translation of Hebrew expressions into Greek, the reception of LXX texts in various contexts,...

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Other Authors: Cook, Johann (honouree.), Gauthier, Randall X. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:Multiple languages
English
German
Language Notes:16 contributions in English and 2 in German.
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 172.
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Table of Contents:
  • Isaak, die Tochter Jephthas und Iphigenie, Menschenopfer im Alten Testament und im Alten Griechenland: Kulturkrirische Beobachtungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Septuaginta / Evangelia G. Dafni
  • Descartes' Error and the Growth of Consciousness: A Non-Dualistic Reading of Genesis 1:1-7 / Annette Evans
  • Greek Translations of Hebrew Left Dislocation Constructions in LXX Genesis / Gideon R. Kotzé
  • A Commentary on Septuagint Leviticus 19:11-15 / Dirk Büchner
  • Where is Wisdom to be Found and How Do We Apprehend Her? / Jessie Rogers
  • The Relation of the Septuagint of Proverbs to the Septuagint of Psalms / Jan Joosten
  • Possessing Wisdom: A Study of the Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives in the Septuagint Version of Proverbs / Randall X. Gauthier
  • Septuagint Proverbs 28:4 and Shielding the Righteous: Implications for Understanding Sabbath Fighting in Josephus / Kenneth Atkinson
  • "A Man Shall Not Rise Again...": Job 14:12 in Hebrew and Greek / Hans Ausloos
  • Jobs Sohn - Eine textgeschichtliche Notiz zu Job 42:17 (LXX) / Markus Witte
  • Old Greek Job 42 - A Surprise at the End of the Road: Intertextual Connections between the Epilogue and the Prologue Introduced by the Translator / Claude Cox
  • Scholars and Officials in Early Judaism: The Sôfer of Jesus Ben Sira / Arie van der Kooij
  • The Metatextual Marginal Notes of Ben Sira: Ideology and Theology in the Geneva Bible (1560) and the King James Version (1611) / Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé and Jacobus A. Naudé
  • Translating Wisdom in the Prophets: Ezekiel, Wisdom and Translation / Harry F. van Rooy
  • Enhanced and Revised: The Old Greek Edition of the Book of Daniel / Martin Rösel
  • Introductory Notes on Philo of Alexandria's "Proverbs" and Idiomatic Expressions / Gert J. Steyn
  • "Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth": About the Adoption of Prov 3:11f. in Hebr 12:5f. / Wolfgang Kraus
  • Symmachus, the Septuagint and the Sages: An Examination of the References to Sumkhos ben Joseph in the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmudim / Michaël N. van der Meer.