Septuagint Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek Jewish Scriptures

by Wolfgang Kraus (Editor)

A small group of North American and German scholars, mostly from among the translators associated with The New English Translation of the Septuagint, gathered in September 2002 in Bangor, Maine to talk shop. The 22 essays that emerged from that conference discuss the Septuagint as translation and/or interpretation, issues concerning individual books, comprehensive issues and problems concerning several books, and the receptive history of the Septuagint in early Judaism and Christianity. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

432 pages, Hardcover

First published March 30, 2006

Reviews

[Ted · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is really for those scholars involved in translating the Scriptures, especially the Septuagint. But some of the articles are fascinating from the point of view of getting insight into just how difficult it is to translate a document from one language/culture into another. The relationship of the Septuagint to the Hebrew scriptures is explored in many ways relating to translation issues. You need to know a bit about biblical languages and the Septuagint to appreciate the book.