Septuagint readers have wanted this resource for a LOOONG time, and now thanks to William A. Ross and Gregory R. Lanier, we only have to wait till November for… … … a Reader’s Edition of the Septuagint. Ross writes: The basic idea behind a reader’s edition is to provide an edition of the ancient text – … Continue reading At Last… A Reader’s Edition of the Septuagint
Matthew 10:21 reads: NRSV Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death NA28 Παραδώσει δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον καὶ πατὴρ τέκνον, καὶ ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς. which made me think of Malachi 4:6 (versification from English … Continue reading Jesus and Malachi? Septuagint or Hebrew Bible? (All I Really Want)
From publisher Mohr Siebeck: Edited by Eberhard Bons and Jan Joosten (Université de Strasbourg) This large-scale collective and interdisciplinary project aims to produce a new research tool: a multi-volume dictionary providing an article of between two and ten pages (around 600 articles in all) for each important word or word group of the Septuagint. … Continue reading Coming Soon(ish): Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint
Tomorrow I am leading a brand new Accordance Bible Software webinar: Studying the Septuagint with Accordance. The session will cover as many of these topics as we’ll have time for in an hour: • Septuagint resources in Accordance • Setting up an LXX and Greek NT Workspace • The New Testament’s use of the … Continue reading Brand New Accordance Webinar I’m Leading Tomorrow on the Septuagint
Today is February 8, which can only mean one thing: International Septuagint Day. Happy LXX Day! Take some time to read part of the Septuagint today, in Greek or English. Here are few more links to explore: A short history of Septuagint Day A review of Karen Jobes’s guided Septuagint reader If you’re flush … Continue reading February 8: Happy International Septuagint Day!
At long last Karen Jobes’s Discovering the Septuagint: A Guided Reader, has been published by Kregel Academic. The TL;DR version of my review is: while the resource has a few noticeable flaws (easily fixable for a second edition), its addition to the world of Greek reading and Septuagint studies is long overdue. Below is … Continue reading A Review of Discovering the Septuagint: A Guided Reader (Jobes)
For Greek reading I’ve been so knee-deep in Ephesians that I haven’t been much in the Septuagint of late. That will change with the release of Karen Jobes’s Discovering the Septuagint: A Guided Reader, just published by Kregel Academic. I have known about this for a long time, so am happy to see it … Continue reading Discovering the Septuagint: A Guided Reader (Jobes) Is Now Available
At last, an up-to-date, full-on Septuagint grammar: Muraoka’s Syntax of Septuagint Greek. I mean, just take a look at the Table of Contents! Thank you, T. Muraoka, for writing it. It is undoubtedly worth every penny, though it does cost many pennies, as you might expect. Here’s what the publisher says about it: This … Continue reading At Last: Muraoka’s Syntax of Septuagint Greek
Today, February 8, is International Septuagint Day. Happy LXX Day! So read yerself some Septuagint today, in Greek or English. A few more links to explore: Why I think you need the Septuagint Yet more reasons from James Aitken An interview by William A. Ross of aforementioned Prof. Aitken First Bible of the Church: … Continue reading Feb. 8: Happy International Septuagint Day!
Some Sundays (though not nearly 70 or 72) have gone by without a Septuagint Sunday post, an erstwhile major focus of this blog. Today rectifies the paucity, at least for this week. William Ross, a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, interviewed James K. Aitken just after Christmas. Aitken is the editor of the … Continue reading Interview with James K. Aitken, Septuagint Scholar
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