Lucifer of Cagliari and the Text of 1-2 Kings
About this ebook
In this book, Tuukka Kauhanen approaches the challenging case of the textual history of 1 and 2 Kings through citations of the text found within the writings of the fourth-century bishop of Sadinia, Lucifer of Cagliari. Kauhanen presents evidence that Lucifer's Latin text sheds important light on lost Hebrew and Greek pieces of the textual puzzle in Kings. In doing so, he compares all of Lucifer's extensive quotations of Kings to extant Greek witnesses as well as Old Latin witnesses where available and subsequently analyzes the probable reasons for textual variations. In each instance he attempts to choose the best possible candidate for the Old Greek reading and where that reading might reflect a now-lost Hebrew text.
Features
- Use of the most current research into the text of the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint, including the Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition series and the forthcoming Göttingen Septuagint edition of King
- An appendix listing readings from the analysis sections arranged according to agreement patterns and other meaningful criteria
- Charts comparing readings
About the author
Tuukka Kauhanen is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki and a vice-team leader in the Centre of Excellence Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions. His publications include the monograph The Proto-Lucianic Problem in 1 Samuel (2012) and several articles on the textual history of the Septuagint of Samuel and Kings. Kauhanen is the editor of 2 Samuel for the Göttingen Septuagint.
