Toward a Theology of the Septuagint: Stellenbosch Congress on the Septuagint, 2018

Martin Rösel

Jul 2020 · SBL Press

About this ebook

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

About the author

Johann Cook is Professor Emeritus at the University of Stellenbosch. He served as the first president of the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa, was chair for the South African Society for Near Eastern Studies, and was president of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (2013–2016). He is the author of numerous books on the Septuagint and related literature.

Martin Rösel is Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at the University of Rostock. He served as author and coeditor for Septuaginta Deutsch (the German translation of the Septuagint, supplemented by commentary volumes). Rösel has authored and published numerous articles and books on the Septuagint and other ancient and modern Bible translations.