The Septuagint appears to be of interest here, so some of you will be interested to read this article on bibleinterp:
The Septuagint: Greek Scriptures for Greek-speaking Jews and Christians: Some Current Research
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Some major research in this whole area is being carried out by members of a project called The Greek Bible in the Graeco-Roman World. It is sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Board Parkes Centre for Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations and run by Septuagint scholars at the Universities of Reading and Southampton (see http://www.rdg.ac.uk/lxx for details). The main aim is to find out to what extent the Septuagint can serve as a source for the study of Hellenistic Judaism (and for wider Hellenistic history and culture). In order to put the research on as firm a historical basis as possible, two main lines of enquiry are under way: (1) an overview of criteria for dating and (2) the examination of political and administrative terminology for its dating potential. Obviously parameters have to be set for a project with a restricted timescale, therefore representative areas of the Septuagint will be examined as test cases, including the Pentateuch, Isaiah and the Twelve, and some of the Writings.
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The Greek Bible in the Graeco-Roman World links to the
Demetrios Database of Septuagint Greek, which is not yet completely available to the public, and still under construction.
03-16-2005, 02:09 PM
New Research on the Septuagint
