The Septuagint and Its Reception: Collected Essays

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The Septuagint is an important source for the study of ancient Judaism and, in terms of textual development and theology, is to be embedded in the literature of the last three centuries BCE. At the same time, the Septuagint often is the authoritative reference text of ancient Christian reception of the so-called Old Testament. The essays collected in this volume deal in their first part with the interpretation of the Septuagint, primarily the historical and the prophetic books. Questions of textual criticism and theology are addressed in the two sections on the New Testament (Gospel of Mark, Acts, and Paul) and Patristics (Justin and Jerome, for example). The final section is devoted to the patristic interpretation of Old Testament texts (Gen 2-3; Gen 28:10-22; Jer 10:1-16; Psalms), themes (notion of God; pseudo-prophecy), and figures (Adam, Abraham, Hannah). Preface Table of Contents The Septuagint and Its Interpretation Annotations on Theology in Ancient Scholarship on Homer and the Concept of God in the Septuagint Historiographic Tendencies in the Septuagint The Septuagint Translation of the Books of Kings in the Context of the History of Early Jewish Literature The Septuagint of Samuel and the Targum Jonathan The Temple Construction Report 1Kgs 6 – How Translators Deal with a Difficult Template Interpretive Methods in the Septuagint of the Prophetic Books Phenomena of Prophecy in the Septuagint Conceptions of God’s Dwelling in the Septuagint Septuagint and New Testament Septuagint Quotations in the Gospel of Mark Septuagint Quotations in Acts The Torah in Galatians The Torah in the Ethics of Paul Textual Criticism of Patristic Quotations of the Septuagint Bible Quotations in Greek and Latin Patristic Texts New Testament Quotations of the Septuagint within Patristic Literature – A Study on Textual Criticism and Hermeneutics New Testament Quotations of the Septuagint in the Works of Justin Martyr Jerome as Textual Critic Antiochene Readings of I–IV Reigns in Early Church Fathers Interpretation of Old Testament Texts in Ancient Christian Literature The Impact of Reception History for the Research on the Septuagint Jealousy, Unrighteousness and Ignorance of God? Ancient Jewish and Christian Exegetes on Questionable Texts in the Book of Genesis Adam in Patristic Literature – Some Issues of Anthropology and Ethics Abraham and His Family in Ancient Greek and Latin Exegesis Gen 28:10–22 in Ancient Jewish and Christian Reception The “Song of Hannah” (1Sam 2:1–10) and Its Reception in Ancient Judaism and Christianity Ancient Christian Exegesis of Psalms and Ancient Philology on Homer Prophecy and Pseudo-Prophecy: Biblical Texts, Rewritten Bible, and Ancient Exegetical Literature Receptions of Jer 10:1–16 in Ancient Christian Literature List of First Publications Index of References Index of Hebrew and Greek Words Index of Subjects