New Avenues in Biblical Exegesis in Light of the Septuagint (Septuagint in Its Ancient Context, 1) (English, Ancient Greek and Hebrew Edition)

"The detailed study of the Septuagint opens new avenues of interpretation of the biblical text and enables new advancements in exegetical studies. The Greek version can be studied through several different approaches and the application of exegetical methods, old and new, contributes to a better understanding of numerous literary, historical and theological aspects of the Bible. The present volume collects the contributions written by renowned scholars who address the issue of the role and impact of Septuagint studies on biblical exegesis and theology. The papers range from more methodological discussions to exegetical studies applying various approaches to the Septuagint text. The wide variety of methods applied reveals numerous aspects of the Septuagint and the biblical text in general, such as their composition, history, textual transmission, literary scope and shape, theology. The diversity of methods and analyses of the Septuagint represented in this book have, nevertheless, a common denominator: Biblical exegesis would benefit greatly from a deeper knowledge of the Septuagint." -- Page 4 of cover Table of Contents Preface ‘Bringing forth from the Treasure New and Old’ Septuagint Studies and Exegetical Methods Non-Israelites and the God of Israel The Vocabulary of ‘Conversion’ in the Septuagint and Greek Jewish Literature against its Greek-Hellenistic Background The Use of the Septuagint in Critical Commentaries Elisha’s Posthumous Miracle in Textual History (II Kings 13. 20–21) What does This Story Teach Us about the Textual History of the Books of Kings?* The Septuagint’s Faculty of Putting Things in Their Right Place Challenges of a Critical Edition of IV Kingdoms / II Kings 10. 30–31; 13. 14–21 Can We Understand the Pillars of the First Temple without the LXX? Textual and Iconographic Perspective Haman through the Looking Glass The Refraction of Genre in Greek Esther Rhetoric of Solomon’s Speech in I Kings 8. 12–13 and III Kingdoms 8. 53a Lost in Translation: LXX-Jeremiah through the Lens of Pragmatics Narratological Approaches to the LXX of the Books of Samuel Septuagint and New Testament in Papyri and Pandects Texts, Intertextuality and Criteria of Edition The Litter of Solomon Textual and Exegetical Problems in Canticles 3. 6–11 Reading ‘According to the Revelation Shown to Moses’ A Study of the Influence of the LXX Text on Patristic Biblical Interpretation The Importance of the LXX for Biblical Theology Some Notes on Method Biblical Index