Septuagint, sages, and scripture : : studies in honour of Johann Cook / / edited by Randall X. Gauthier, Gideon R. Kotzé, Gert J. Steyn.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, volume 172
• TeilnehmendeR: Cook, Johann,; Gauthier, Randall X.,; Kotzé, Gideon R.,; Steyn, Gert J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: Multiple; English; German
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 172.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (414 pages) :; illustrations.

The studies collected in this volume were written in honour of Johann Cook, emeritus professor of the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University. They cover a variety of subjects including the translation of Hebrew expressions into Greek, the reception of LXX texts in various contexts, topics related to wisdom and the LXX versions of sapiential literature, Ben Sira as a scribe of the Second Temple period, themes in the works of Philo and Josephus and the references to Sumkhos ben Joseph in rabbinic writings. The contributions therefore focus on the Septuagint, early Jewish sages and ancient scriptures. They present the results of original research, identify new lines and topics of inquiry and make novel contributions to existing insights.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Isaak, die Tochter Jephthas und Iphigenie, Menschenopfer im Alten Testament und im Alten Griechenland: Kulturkritische Beobachtungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Septuaginta / Evangelia G. Dafni -- 2 Descartes’ Error and the Growth of Consciousness: A Non-Dualistic Reading of Genesis 1:1–7 / Annette Evans -- 3 Greek Translations of Hebrew Left Dislocation Constructions in lxx Genesis / Gideon R. Kotzé -- 4 A Commentary on Septuagint Leviticus 19:11–15 / Dirk Büchner -- 5 Where is Wisdom to be Found and How Do We Apprehend Her? / Jessie Rogers -- 6 The Relation of the Septuagint of Proverbs to the Septuagint of Psalms / Jan Joosten -- 7 Possessing Wisdom: A Study of the Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives in the Septuagint Version of Proverbs / Randall X. Gauthier -- 8 Septuagint Proverbs 28:4 and Shielding the Righteous: Implications for Understanding Sabbath Fighting in Josephus / Kenneth Atkinson -- 9 “A Man Shall Not Rise Again . . . ”: Job 14:12 in Hebrew and Greek / Hans Ausloos -- 10 Jobs Sohn – Eine textgeschichtliche Notiz zu Job 42:17 (lxx) / Markus Witte -- 11 Old Greek Job 42 – A Surprise at the End of the Road: Intertextual Connections between the Epilogue and the Prologue Introduced by the Translator / Claude Cox -- 12 Scholars and Officials in Early Judaism: The Sôfer of Jesus Ben Sira / Arie van der Kooij -- 13 The Metatextual Marginal Notes of Ben Sira: Ideology and Theology in the Geneva Bible (1560) and the King James Version (1611) / Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé and Jacobus A. Naudé -- 14 Translating Wisdom in the Prophets: Ezekiel, Wisdom and Translation / Harry F. van Rooy -- 15 Enhanced and Revised: The Old Greek Edition of the Book of Daniel / Martin Rösel -- 16 Introductory Notes on Philo of Alexandria’s “Proverbs” and Idiomatic Expressions / Gert J. Steyn -- 17 “Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth”: About the Adoption of Prov 3:11f. in Hebr 12:5f. / Wolfgang Kraus -- 18 Symmachus, the Septuagint and the Sages: An Examination of the References to Sumkhos ben Joseph in the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmudim / Michaël N. van der Meer -- Index of Modern Sources -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Subject Index.