Text history of the Greek Ecclesiastes : : introduction to the Göttingen Septuagint edition of Ecclesiastes / / Peter J. Gentry.

• Superior document: De Septuaginta investigationes ; Volume 17
• VerfasserIn: Gentry, Peter J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: De Septuaginta investigationes ; Volume 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Text History of the Greek Ecclesiastes
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Guide to the Reader
• A. The Textual Witnesses
• I. The Greek Witnesses
• 1. Majuscule Manuscripts
• 2. Minuscule Manuscripts
• 3. Manuscripts Not Collated for the Edition
• 4. Papyri and Papyri-Fragments
• 5. Copies, Derivatives, and Descendants
• II. The Ancient Translations
• 1. The Old Latin Translation (La94 95 160 Hi)
• 1.1 The Old Latin Fragments (La94 95 160)
• 1.1.1 La94-95
• 1.1.2 The Hexaplaric (?) Recension of La160
• 1.2 The Ecclesiastes Commentary of Jerome (Hieronymus = Hi)
• 1.3 The Indirect Old Latin Tradition (Latin Patristic Citations of Ecclesiastes)
• 1.4 The Textual Character of the Old Latin Translation
• 2. The Syro-Hexapla Translation (Syh)
• 2.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Syro-Hexapla Translation
• 2.2 The Use of Aristarchean Signs
• 2.2.1 Asteriskoi in Syh
• 2.2.2 Obeloi in Syh
• 2.2.3 Antisigmata or Lemniskoi in Syh
• 2.2.4 Asteriskoi in V
• 2.2.5 Asteriskoi in 788
• 2.2.6 Obeloi in 788
• 2.3 The Character of the Syro-Hexapla Translation
• 3. The Christian Palestinian Aramaic Translation (CPA)
• 3.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Christian Palestinian Aramaic Translation
• 3.2 The Textual Character of the Christian Palestinian Aramaic Translation
• 4. The Coptic Translations (Co)
• 4.1 The Sahidic Translation (Sa)
• 4.1.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Sahidic Translation
• 4.1.2 The Textual Character of the Sahidic Translation
• 4.2 The Fayyumic Translation (Fa)
• 4.2.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Fayyumic Translation
• 4.2.2 The Textual Character of the Fayyumic Translation
• 5. The Ethiopic Translation (Aeth)
• 5.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Ethiopic Translation
• 5.2 The Textual Character of the Ethiopic Translation
• 5.2.1 Agreements with the Catena Tradition.
• 5.2.2 Agreements with the O Group
• 5.2.3 Agreements with Early Witnesses of the Egyptian Form of the Text
• 6. The Old Georgian Translation (Geo)
• 6.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Old Georgian Translation
• 6.2 The Textual Character of the Old Georgian Translation
• 7. The Armenian Translation (Arm)
• 7.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Armenian Translation
• 7.2 The Textual Character of the Armenian Translation
• 8. The Arabic Translation (Arab)
• 8.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Arabic Translation
• 8.2 The Textual Character of the Arabic Translation
• 8.2.1 Agreement with One Group
• 8.2.2 Agreement with Two Groups
• 8.2.3 Agreement with Three Groups (Examples Only)
• 9. The Old Church Slavonic Translation
• 9.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Old Church Slavonic Translation
• 9.2 The Textual Character of the Old Church Slavonic Translation
• III. The Indirect Greek Tradition (Patristic Citations)
• 1. Commentaries on Ecclesiastes by Greek Church Fathers (chronological)
• 1.1 Origen (Or)
• 1.2 Dionysius of Alexandria (Dion)
• 1.3 Gregory Thaumaturgos (GregTh)
• 1.4 Evagrius of Pontus (Evag)
• 1.5 Didymus the Blind (Did)
• 1.6 Gregory of Nyssa (GregNy)
• 1.7 Pseudo-Chrysostom (PsChr)
• 1.8 Olympiodorus of Alexandria (Ol)
• 1.9 Metrophanes of Smyrna (Met)
• 2. The Greek Church Fathers (alphabetical)
• IV. Printed Editions (chronological)
• 1. Aldina (Ald)
• 2. Complutensis (Compl)
• 3. Sixtina (Sixt)
• 4. Grabe (Gra)
• 5. Holmes-Parsons (HP)
• 6. Rahlfs (Ra)
• B. The Text History: Text Groups and Textual Relations of the Greek Witnesses (A.I), the Ancient Translations (A.II) and the Indirect Tradition (A.III)
• I. The Hexaplaric Recension
• 1. The Witnesses of the Hexaplaric Recension
• 2. The Critical (Aristarchean) Signs Employed by Origen
• 3. The Character of the Hexaplaric Recension.
• 4. Singular Readings in the Four MSS. V 253 475 637
• II. The Egyptian Text-Type of Codices B-S and Their Derivatives
• 1. The Witnesses of the Egyptian Text-Type (E)
• 2. The Provenance of the Egyptian Text
• 3. Brief Characterisation of the Egyptian Text
• 4. More Distant Relatives
• III. The A-Text
• 1. The Witnesses of the A-Text
• 2. Brief Characterisation of the A-Text
• IV. The Lucianic Recension
• 1. The Provenance of the Lucianic Text
• 2. The Witnesses of the Lucianic Recension
• 3. The Peculiar Character of the Lucianic Recension
• 4. Detailed Analysis of Witnesses Attesting the Lucianic Recension
• Brief Characterisation of Individual Witnesses
• MS. 106
• MS. 125
• MS. 130
• MS. 261
• MS. 545
• MS. Pair 125´
• 5. The Antiochian Fathers
• John Chrysostom (died 407)
• Antiochus (i.e. Church Father)
• V. The Catena-Text
• 1. The Various Catenae of Ecclesiastes and the Catena-Groups
• 2. The Catena Groups
• 3. Text-History of the Catena-Groups
• VI. The d-Group
• VII. The k-Group
• VIII. The Manuscript Pair 248´
• IX. The Codices Mixti (al)
• X. Individual Manuscripts-Unclassified
• XI. The Later Greek Translators/Revisors
• 1. Introductory Observations
• 2. The Witnesses of the Later Greek Translators
• 2.1 Marginal Notes in Greek Bible Manuscripts
• 2.2 Patristic Sources
• 2.3 Catena Traditions
• 2.4 The Syro-Hexapla
• 3. Comparison of Recent Research and Sources Used by Field
• 4. On the Textual Character of the Three Later Translations
• 5. Text Critical Value for the Hebrew Bible
• C. Methodology to Establish the Earliest Attainable Text of LXX Ecclesiastes
• I. General Assessments of Translation Technique
• 1. Overview
• 2. The Hebrew Vorlage of the Translator and Translation Technique
• 2.1 The Masoretic Text ( /MT)
• 2.2 The Dead Sea Scrolls ( )
• 2.3 The Syriac Peshitta (Pesh/ ).
• 2.3.1 Examples of Polygenesis
• 2.3.2 Examples of Common Vorlage
• 2.3.3 Examples of Common Exegetical Tradition
• 2.3.4 Dependence of the Syriac Version on the Septuagint
• 2.4 The Cairo Genizah Fragment ( )
• 2.4.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Cairo Genizah Fragment
• 2.4.2 On the Textual Character of the Cairo Genizah Fragment
• 2.5 The Latin Vulgate ( )
• 3. Translation Technique: On the Character of the Translator of Ecclesiastes
• II. Basic Principles for the Constitution of the Text
• 1. Inner Greek Scribal Errors
• 2. Variants Preserved Almost Entirely in Patristic Sources
• 3. Interdependence of LXX Text-History and Text-History of the Jewish Revisors
• 4. Jerome Correcting the Old Latin on the Basis of his Hebrew Text
• 5. Further Illustration of Text-Critical Principles in Establishing the Text
• 6. Relation to Early Ancient Versions (e.g. Peshitta)
• 7. Diachronic Development of Greek (Hellenistic / Byzantine Periods)
• Excursus
• 1. List of Witnesses for Eccl. 1:17
• 2. Morphology and Meaning of תוֹלֵלוֹה in Eccl. 1:17
• 2.1 Morphology
• 2.2 Meaning
• 3. The Reconstruction of the Old Greek
• 3.1 The Evidence of Translation Equivalents
• 3.2 Analysis of Translation Technique
• 3.3 The External and Internal Evidence
• 3.4 Goldman's Proposal for the OG
• 4. The Significance of the Peshitta's Reading for the OG
• Conclusion
• 5. The Hebrew Text
• 5.1 External Evidence
• 5.2 Internal Evidence
• 5.3 Goldman's Conjecture
• Conclusion
• D. On the Arrangement of the Edition, Its Sigla and Abbreviations
• I. The Introduction
• II. The Critical Text
• III. Kopfleiste (List of Witnesses)
• IV. Apparatus I
• V. Apparatus II
• VI. The Colometry or Stichometry of the Edition
• E. Sigla / Symbols and Abbreviations
• F. Differences Compared to Rahlfs
• G. Corrections to the Published Edition
• H. Appendices.
• 1. Computer Generated Stemma for Ecclesiastes
• 2. Complete List of Patristic Quotations for Ecclesiastes.