edited by Johann Cook
SBL Press, 2020
eISBN: 978-0-88414-430-4 | Cloth: 978-0-88414-429-8 | Paper: 978-1-62837-270-0
Library of Congress Classification BS744.I58 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 221.48

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

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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