Theology as Performance: Music, Aesthetics, and God in Western Thought

Contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Resources
• Abbreviations
• 1.What is 'the Septuagint'?
• Terminology
• Scope of the Term in Antiquity
• Scope of the Term in Contemporary Usage. Primary Sources: Manuscripts and Editions
• The Earliest Jewish Manuscripts
• The Earliest Christian Manuscripts
• Printed Editions
• Secondary Sources: the Christian Versions
• The Old Latin
• The Coptic
• The Content of the Septuagint
• Differences between Hebrew and Greek Order
• The Individual Books of the Septuagint
• The Pentateuch
• The Histories
• The Poetical Books
• The Prophets
• Summary
• Further Reading
• 2. Origins: Facts and Fictions
• Introduction
• The Letter of Aristeas
• Outline of Content
• Relevance to the Septuagint
• Aristobulus
• Sources
• Aristobulus on the Septuagint
• Earlier Versions of the Septuagint?
• Relationship between Aristobulus and The Letter of Aristeas
• Aristobulus in Context
• Further Reading
• 3. Origins: Questions and Issues
• Dating, Location and Purpose:
• The Translation of the Pentateuch
• The Translation of the Prophets and the Writings
• The Septuagint as a Whole: Theories and Questions:
• The 'Texts for Worship' Hypothesis
• The 'Texts for Study' Hypothesis
• The Question of the Septuagint
• Further Reading
• 4. The Status of the Septuagint: from Philo to Jerome
• Introduction
• Philo of Alexandria (c.20 BCE-c.50 CE)
• Philo on the Making of the Septuagint
• Special Features in Philo's Account
• Philo on the 'Inspiration' of the Septuagint
• A Defence of the Septuagint?
• Josephus (37-c.100 CE)
• Continuation of the Septuagint Legends in Judaism
• Rabbinic Sources and the Septuagint
• Continuation of the Septuagint Legends in Christianity
• The Defence of the Septuagint
• The Septuagint and Jewish Alternatives
• Augustine and Jerome
• Further Reading
• 5. Textual Developments to the Fifth Century CE
• The Jewish Versions
• The kaige Revision
• 'Theodotion'
• Aquila
• Symmachus
• Other Jewish Versions
• Christian Use of the Versions
• The Christian Recensions. The 'Hesychian Recension'
• The Hexaplaric Recension
• The Lucianic (Antiochian) Recension
• Further Reading
• 6. Language and Style
• Introduction
• The Septuagint and Koine Greek
• The Septuagint's First Readers
• Summary
• Translation Technique
• 'Literal' and 'Free' Translations
• Conclusion
• Further Reading
• 7.The Use of the Septuagint: from the Beginnings to the Present Day
• The LXX and the MT: Interpreting the Differences
• Identifying Distinctive Theological Elements
• Jewish and Christian Reception History:
• Early Jewish Interpretation
• Hellenistic Jewish Authors
• Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
• Philo and Josephus
• Early Christian Interpretation
• Influence of the Septuagint on New Testament Interpretation
• Patristic Use of the Septuagint
• The Influence of the Septuagint on Biblical Interpretation
• Issues in the Patristic Use of the Septuagint
• Modern Interest in the Septuagint
• The Septuagint and Textual Criticism
• Modern Translations
• The Septuagint as Christian Scripture
• The Septuagint as Jewish Scripture
• The Septuagint and Hellenistic Culture
• Further Reading
• Bibliography
• Index of References
• Index of Authors.