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The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople : canon, New Testament, Church fathers, catenae /

"The Hebrew Torah was translated into Greek in Alexandria by Jewish scholars in the third century BCE. The other Biblical books followed, almost always in Alexandria. Then, the so-called Septuagint became the Old Testament of the New Testament. Afterwards, it was the Christian Bible of the firs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorival, Gilles (Author)
Other Authors: Crowther, Daniel J. (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint.
Bible. > Old Testament > Influence.
Bible. > Old Testament
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Catenae.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Catènes.
RELIGION.
Bible Study Guides.
Sacred Writings.
Judaism.
History.
Christian Church.
Catenae
Church history > Primitive and early church
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
30-600
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Before Christianity: The Septuagint and the Biblical Canon
  • 1.The formation of the Jewish canon
  • 2. The Septuagint and the issue of the canon
  • Part II: The New Testament and the Scribes (Copyists) of the Septuagint
  • 3. Is the Septuagint the Old Testament of the New Testament?
  • 4. Was the text of the Septuagint Christianized?
  • Part III: The Church Fathers
  • 5. Is the Septuagint the Old Testament of the Church Fathers?
  • 6. The vocabulary of the Septuagint and the Church Fathers
  • Part IV: The Biblical Catenae
  • 7. An overview of the Catenae
  • 8. The Catenae and the Septuagint
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Biblical quotations
  • Index of ancient authors and wources
  • Index of modern authors.