The Greek Text of Jeremiah: A Revised Hypothesis (Jsot Supplement Series, 47)

The text of Jeremiah presents its own special problems which continue to be debated, especially since the discovery of the Qumran fragments. Professor Soderlund seeks to take stock and review current research by employing an in-depth investigation of one chapter of the LXX of Jeremiah, viz. chapter 29, as a control. Three different problem areas are highlighted: the relationship between the Greek and Hebrew texts, the inner-Greek text-critical problem, and the translator/reviser debate. - Back cover. CONTENTS......Page 6 I. Scope and Methodology......Page 14 A. The Greek Text......Page 17 B. The Translator/Reviser Problem......Page 22 C. The Hebrew/Greek Problem......Page 24 A. Greek MSS......Page 27 B. Patristic Citations......Page 31 C. Daughter Versions......Page 33 II. Collation of the Evidence......Page 35 A. The O Group (or Hexaplaric Recension)......Page 55 B. The L Group (or Lucianic Recension)......Page 73 C. The C Group (or Catena Text)......Page 89 D. The Q Group......Page 94 E. The A Group......Page 102 F. The B Group......Page 105 CHAPTER THREE: THE TEXT CRITICAL PROBLEM (2): A CRITIQUE OF J. ZIEGLER'S CRITICAL EDITION OF JER–LXX......Page 110 I. Critique of Ziegler's First Apparatus......Page 111 A. Format......Page 112 B. Selectivity......Page 121 C. Reliability......Page 127 II. Critique of Ziegler's Second Apparatus......Page 129 A. Format......Page 130 B. Selectivity......Page 135 III. Critique of Ziegler's Reconstructed Text......Page 137 A. Editorial Miscellanea......Page 138 B. Choice of Readings......Page 146 CHAPTER FOUR: THE TRANSLATOR/REVISER PROBLEM: A CRITIQUE OF E. TOV'S CHALLENGE TO THE MULTIPLE TRANSLATOR THEORY FOR JER–LXX......Page 166 I. Similarities Between Jer a' and Jer b'......Page 168 II. Differences Between Jer a' and Jer b'......Page 180 III. Conclusions......Page 196 CHAPTER FIVE: THE HEBREW/GREEK PROBLEM: A CRITIQUE OF J.G. JANZEN'S STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JER–LXX AND JER–MT......Page 206 I. Critique of Janzen's "Introduction"......Page 207 II. Critique of Janzen's "Zero Variants" in the Oracles Against the Philistines and Edom......Page 216 III. Conclusions......Page 259 NOTES TO CHAPTER ONE......Page 264 NOTES TO CHAPTER TWO......Page 269 NOTES TO CHAPTER THREE......Page 278 NOTES TO CHAPTER FOUR......Page 286 NOTES TO CHAPTER FIVE......Page 296 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 304 This work contributes to the growing body of work on the Septuagint and specifically to the book of Jeremiah and in turn critiques and evaluates the work that has grown up around the Greek translation. Soderlund focuses specifically on chapter 29 as, he argues, this chapter epitomizes the issues and concerns of the text as a whole. The examination of the inner-Greek critical problem can be plentifully analysed in this chapter, while the oracles against the Philistines and Edom are representative of the important textual decisions relevant to this book. Thus does Soderlund include a history of the Greek Text of Jeremiah as well as an in-depth analysis of the methodology in Jeremiah in this careful and systematic work. Sven Soderlund. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--university Of Glasgow, 1978. Bibliography: P. 289-304.