The Reception of Septuagint Words in Jewish-Hellenistic and Christian Literature

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The projected Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint will offer historical studies of Septuagint words, retracing their usage from early Greek authors, over koine Greek and the Septuagint translation itself, into Jewish-Hellenistic and early Christian literature. The latter two of these phases were the object of a workshop held in Bühl (Germany) on January 21 and 22, 2011. The reception of the Septuagint in Greek-speaking Judaism and Christianity raises many questions touching the lexicon, such as: How do Jewish or Christian authors writing in Greek handle the difference existing for some words between the "biblical" usage created in the Septuagint and the usual meaning in Greek? To what extent is it possible to affirm that New Testament authors borrowed their religious terminology from the Septuagint? Which words of the Septuagint continue in later writings with their specific meaning, and which ones go out of use? Is it possible to observe further semantic developments in the use of "biblical" words by Jewish or Christian authors writing in Greek?These and similar questions are of concern not only to the narrow fields of lexical semantics and philology. More often than not, they have important historical and theological implications. With help from some of the best specialists of Jewish-Hellenistic and early Christian texts, an effort will be made in this book to develop an adequate approach to the problems outlined. Papers will combine the analysis of selected words and word groups with considerations of method. Cover Preface Table of Contents Ralph Brucker: A Sample Article: ᾄδω 1. Greek literature 2. Papyri and inscriptions 3. Septuagint a) Statistical observations b) Hebrew equivalents c) Septuagint use 4. Jewish literature in Greek 5. New Testament 6. Early Christian literature Bibliography Christoph Kugelmeier: Kämpfen, Mühsal und Elend in der Septuaginta: Die von ΑΕΘΛ-/ΑΘΛ- abgeleitete Wortgruppe Katell Berthelot: The Notion of Anathema in Ancient Jewish Literature Written in Greek Introduction 1. ἀναθήματα in the Greek world 2. The Biblical Notion of ἀνάθεμα 3. ἀναθήματα in Jewish literature written in Greek Conclusion Eberhard Bons: The Noun βοηθός as a Divine Title Introduction 1. Gods as helpers of humans in Greek literature 1.1 The evidence of prayer texts 1.1.1 Gods as allies in wars 1.1.2 The noun βοηθός in reference to a specific deity 2. Helpers of humans in the documentary papyri 2.1 Gods as helpers? 2.2 Human helpers 3. God as helper in the Septuagint and in extra-biblical texts 3.1 Preliminary observations 3.2 God as helper 3.2.1 The noun βοηθός as a divine title in the Psalter 3.2.2 Examples of βοηθός as a divine title in extra-biblical texts Concluding Remarks Wolfgang Kraus: Die Bedeutung von διαθήκη im Hebräerbrief 1. Das Problemfeld 1.1. Knut Backhaus 1.2. Manuel Vogel 1.3. Sebastian Fuhrmann 2. Statistik 3. Die Ersterwähnung Hebr 7,22 3.1. Methodische Vorbemerkung zur Semantik Exkurs: Diatheke in Jesus Sirach 3.2. Der Beleg Hebr 7,22 4. Die weiteren Belege 4.1. Hebr 8,6 4.2. Hebr 8,7–13; 10,16f 4.3. Hebr 9,15–22 4.4. Hebr 10,29; 12,24; 13,20 5. Konsequenzen und Ertrag 5.1. Zur Semantik 5.2. Zur Funktion im Argumentationsgang 5.3. Zur theologischen Bedeutung Jörg Frey: The Use of δόξα in Paul and John as Shaped by the Septuagint Introduction 1. The profile of the usage of δόξα in the Septuagint and the quest for explanation 2. The use of δόξα in Paul and John as shaped by the Septuagint 2.1. δόξα in Paul: God’s glory revealed in Christ 2.2. δόξα in John: Christ’s glory, rooted in his ‘glorification’ as foreseen by Isaiah 3. Concluding perspectives Jan Joosten: Mixed Blessings: The biblical notion of blessing in the works of Philo and Flavius Josephus 1. εὐλογέω in non-biblical Greek 2. εὐλογέω in the Septuagint 3. εὐλογέω in Jewish and Christian texts 4. Philo and Flavius Josephus 4.1. Philo 4.3. Flavius Josephus 4.3. Conclusions 5. General conclusions and outlook Emanuela Prinzivalli: The Use of ὁμόνοια and Related Terms in the Septuagint and in Christian Literature of the First Three Centuries 1. The civic acceptation of ὁμόνοια 2. The noun ὁμόνοια in the Septuagint 3. The use of ὁμόνοια in early Christian writings 4. Concluding observations Enrico Norelli: La Septante dans quelques testimonia non canoniques des origines chrétiennes Les testimonia Testimonia bibliques et testimonia agrapha Circulation des testimonia Utilisation de la Septante pour la fabrication de testimonia 1 Clément 26,2 1 Clément 29,3 1 Clément 8,2–3 Thomas J. Kraus: Eine Grammatik der Septuaginta und des Neuen Testaments: Methodische Überlegungen zu Grenzen und Möglichkeiten Problemskizze und grundsätzliche Fragestellungen Septuaginta und Neues Testament im sprachgeschichtlichen Kontext Präposition ἐν mit Dativ und ב instrumenti – sprachgeschichtliche Entwicklung, Septuaginta und Neues Testament Weitere zu bearbeitende grammatikalische Phänomene (in Auswahl) Fazit James K. Aitken: Outlook The Septuagint within the history of Greek Register and the question of popular Greek The Greek of inscriptions Reception history of words Reception and interpretation Chronology List of Contributors Index of Ancient Sources 1. Old Testament (Septuagint) 2. New Testament 3. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha 4. Jewish-Hellenistic Literature 5. Early Christian Literature 6. Greek and Roman Literature 7. Inscriptions and Papyri Index of Greek Words Index of Hebrew Words