The prologue to Sirach would be earlier than Epiphanius. I'm not sure when to date the Greek postscript to Job 42:17. Before the Hellenistic period there...
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andrew fincke
finckean
Aug 6, 2009 4:07 pm
Dear Frank, See Swete, Introduction, chapters 1-3. At page 31 he quotes Epiphanius about Aquila. Being ever unsure whether Greek letters will be delivered...
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frankclancy
Aug 6, 2009 7:14 am
Hello - would someone be kind enough to tell me what is the oldest known text or the oldest known reference to a Greek translation of a Hebrew or Jewish/Judean...
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Bob Burns
summascriptura
Jul 22, 2009 1:08 am
Anyone have news on this more recent than last February? http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5152HR20090206 ...
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Bob Burns
summascriptura
Jul 8, 2009 3:20 pm
Sorry, should have mentioned, the quote is from, "The LXX and Enoch" an article in "Enoch and Qumran Origins: New Light on a Forgotten Connection" ... to ... ...
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Bob Burns
summascriptura
Jul 8, 2009 3:18 pm
Just read this, "In 6:1-8, perhaps the most imporatant difference between OGGen and MT is the translation of 'sons of God' (6:2) by 'angels of God.' Although...
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andrew fincke
finckean
Jul 6, 2009 10:13 am
Dear Steve, Thanks for the tip about the Swete introduction on line. There's also a 1989 reprint edition from Hendrickson Press, Peabody, MA. Volume one of...
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Steve Puluka
spuluka
Jul 3, 2009 8:30 pm
I have prepared a handout for use in my introduction to scripture classes on the Septuagint. My hope is to povide essentially an annotated bibliography of the...
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finckean
Jun 19, 2009 12:58 pm
A couple of summers ago Michael Law gave a paper on the Syrohexaplar of 3 Kingdoms at the IOSOT convention in Ljubljana. I was able to jot down only a few of...
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James Spinti
tweetynwiley
Jun 17, 2009 1:57 pm
Just a few additions: LSJ is essential for any LXX work--although with the advent of Lust and Muraoka, you can survive without it. BibleWorks contains Lust as...
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James
jozinky
Jun 17, 2009 4:06 am
I thank you! J. Kirby...
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Louis Sorenson
llsorenson
Jun 17, 2009 3:50 am
Feilds' Hexapla has the following note: בִּי בְךָ אָרֻץ גְּדעּד Nam per te incursavi in turmas. Origen: ὅτι ἐν σοὶ...
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andrew fincke
finckean
Jun 17, 2009 3:11 am
Dear David, My favorite article on this verse is Philippe Guillaume and Noga Blockman, "By My God, I Bull Leap (Psalm 18:30 // 2 Samuel 22:30)". You can get...
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Louis Sorenson
llsorenson
Jun 17, 2009 2:46 am
There are only two lexicons in modern day which are specific to the Septuagint. Both are newly published in the last 10 or so years. Both are under copyright...
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Louis Sorenson
llsorenson
Jun 17, 2009 2:33 am
Mozley has the following note: ἀπὸ πειρατηρίου גדוד ] Gen. 49.19, Job 19.12; cf. Job 25.3, Hox. 6.10(9). Vulgate misunderstanding renders...
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James
jozinky
Jun 17, 2009 2:30 am
Hello; Is there a web site for these lexicons? Thanks; James Kirby...
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Emanuel Contac
vaisamar
Jun 16, 2009 8:39 pm
David, If you look up peiraterion in a good Lexicon, such as Liddell-Scott or Lust, you will find that the word has more meanings: either pirates's net, or...
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David M. James
tachygraphy
Jun 16, 2009 1:33 pm
I am preparing an adaption of the Coverdale Psalter to the Septuagint. Let me hasten to add that I am no scholar. I have little Greek and less Latin, to...
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"Stanisław ...
sf181257@...
Jun 16, 2009 11:34 am
When do you think MT Exodus became stable? When do you think LXX Exodus became stable? STF ...
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Cindy Smith
cms@...
Jun 11, 2009 10:56 pm
Andrew, Thank you very much! Yes, I've been using BibleWorks for years but was unaware I could do this. Thanks again. Yours, -- Cindy Smith cms@... Me...
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andrew fincke
finckean
Jun 11, 2009 6:55 pm
Dear Cindy, I don't know your level of Bible Works knowledge, so I assume it's advanced; and we'll start there. Hit the button that looks like a wrench - that...
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Cindy Smith
cms@...
Jun 9, 2009 7:49 pm
When I paste in the Greek text of the Book of Revelation, for example, or some text from the Septuagint, into a Word document, I have difficulty switching back...
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Louis Sorenson
llsorenson
Jun 8, 2009 11:15 am
Muraoka's lexicon is now completed! The first two versions only included the Pentatuch and Prophets. A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint by T. Muraoka ...
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Louis Sorenson
llsorenson
Jun 6, 2009 6:39 pm
Perhaps there are some copying errors where εστι (εστι) is copied as εις (εισ) from the above line? Both lines have the squence EICA. ...
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Louis Sorenson
llsorenson
Jun 6, 2009 6:38 pm
Forwarded from Bruce McKinnon: A good question. As far as I can make out there are two possible explanations. 1. According to Mozley (p. 39), the Septuagint...
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Kostas Papadopoulos
el504
Jun 3, 2009 6:59 am
I'm not so sure about that. I think that the spelling "ha-plous"; is deceiving. ... I'm not sure about that. "A" in a-plous is also likely to be a-privative: ...
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George Blaisdell
maqhth
Jun 2, 2009 9:44 pm
Thank-you for a singularly helpful post, That a-privative was bothering me... As applied to women, then, what meaning can we ascribe? Arsenios George Blaisdell...
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Branka ARRIVE
branka@...
Jun 2, 2009 3:50 pm
The two words ("haplous"; and "aplastos";) are not related at all. The "a" in "haplous" is from Indoeuropean *sem/sm*- (one, single) like in Latin "simplex"...
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James
jozinky
Jun 2, 2009 1:12 pm
Thank you very much. Most helpful! James Kirby...
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Kostas Papadopoulos
el504
Jun 2, 2009 8:52 am
Hi, The word itself means not-formed (a=<negative prefix> + plastos=formated [from the v. plasso = to form]). Since it is possible for "plastos" to have the...
