The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople : canon, New Testament, Church fathers, catenae

The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople : canon, New Testament, Church fathers, catenae / Gilles Dorival ; with the assistance of Daniel J. Crowther.

"The Hebrew Torah was translated into Greek in Alexandria by Jewish scholars in the third century BCE. The other Biblical books followed, almost always in Alexandria. Then, the so-called Septuagint became the Old Testament of the New Testament. Afterwards, it was the Christian Bible of the firs...

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Main Author: Dorival, Gilles (Author)
Other Authors: Crowther, Daniel J. (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint.
Bible. > Old Testament > Influence.
Bible. > Old Testament
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Catenae.
Catenae
Church history > Primitive and early church
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Before Christianity: The Septuagint and the Biblical Canon
  • 1.The formation of the Jewish canon
  • 2. The Septuagint and the issue of the canon
  • Part II: The New Testament and the Scribes (Copyists) of the Septuagint
  • 3. Is the Septuagint the Old Testament of the New Testament?
  • 4. Was the text of the Septuagint Christianized?
  • Part III: The Church Fathers
  • 5. Is the Septuagint the Old Testament of the Church Fathers?
  • 6. The vocabulary of the Septuagint and the Church Fathers
  • Part IV: The Biblical Catenae
  • 7. An overview of the Catenae
  • 8. The Catenae and the Septuagint
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Biblical quotations
  • Index of ancient authors and wources
  • Index of modern authors.

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