Toward a Theology of the Septuagint
Stellenbosch Congress on the Septuagint, 2018
Johann Cook
SBL Press, 2020
Innovative Septuagint research from an international group of scholars
Toward a Theology of the Septuagint: Stellenbosch Congress on the Septuagint, 2018 focuses on the question of whether it is appropriate and possible to formulate a theology of the Septuagint. Nineteen English and German essays examine Old Testament, New Testament, and extrabiblical texts from a variety of methodological perspectives to demonstrate that such a theology is indeed necessary and possible.
Features
Nuanced discussion of whether and how a theology of the Septuagint can be written
Extensive methodological discussions
Close textual studies of biblical, Greek philosophical, and Jewish sources
Abstracts of each essay
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