The Septuagint Studies Soirée is back. You can find all previous months gathered here, where I post links to what I find around the blogosphere in Septuagint studies. This soirée covers two months: April and May. T. Michael Law continues to dominate the Septuagintablogosphere with his Septuagint Sessions podcast. Since the last soirée he posted episode 4 (on Greek Isaiah’s style), episode 5 (“Your … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #9 and #10: Buy One, Get One Free Edition →

Here are some posts from around the Septuagintabiblioblogosphere in March: Lee Irons blogged his way through Translation is Required: The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect in six parts, accessible here. T. Michael Law posted two more installments of his Septuagint Sessions podcast, here and here. BLT blog wrote about God’s first Greek puns (brought to you largely by the letters γ … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #8: The One Week Late Edition →

Welcome to the Septuagint Studies Soirée #7, covering February in the Septuagintablogosphere. There is now a Septuagint podcast. Check it out here. Via Jim West: There will be a Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint (HTLS), which you can read more about here and here. You can even read a sample article (pdf)! Do you want … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #7: Mostly Just Links Edition →

It’s a day late (I blame the groundhog), but not a dollar short: Here’s the blogosphere’s only Septuagint Studies Soirée… this one is #6. Some Important Dates First things first: This Saturday (February 8) is International Septuagint Day. Read some Septuagint that day, if you can, in Greek or English. Why not read Tobit? Here’s why … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #6, and this Saturday →

It’s the first day of a new month (and new year), which means that the Septuagint Studies Soirée has arrived. Here is a collection of what the LXX-blogosphere had to offer in December 2013. Old School Script has an interesting post (with some good questions to think about) regarding lexicography and instincts. (E.g., “How much do … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #5 →

Here are a few blog posts from November, regarding the Septuagint, that are worth taking a look at: J.K. Gayle considers the question of whether the Septuagint translator of the Hebrew Song of Songs might have been a woman, then raises some challenges inherent to that view, at least as it is presented by the … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #4 →

Though it was a quiet month in the Septuagint blogosphere, J.K. Gayle turned up the heat with some top-notch posts. Gayle looked at the phrase “ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ” (a “Greek frozen phrase”) in “Aristotle,” “Moses,” and Paul. Gayle writes: As my son and my daughters grow into adulthood more in this world, I long for English … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #3 →

It’s the September Septuagint Studies Soirée! Come on in–you won’t have to stay long. It was a quiet month in the Septuagint blogosphere, at least as far as I could find. Everyone is back to school, it seems. But there are still some noteworthy posts. Suzanne at BLT (Bible*Literature*Translation) wrote about “several curious matters in the … Continue reading Septuagint Studies Soirée #2 →