Salvesen Alison G., law Timothy Michael (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of The Septuagint

Oxford University Press, 2021. — 810 p. — ISBN 978–0–19–966571–6This volume is a response to the growing recognition of the phenomenon of the Septuagint, whose signif i cance is much wider than is of t en perceived among biblical scholars. Th e term ‘Septuagint’ is not limited either to the fi rst Greek translation of the Torah or to the interface between the Hebrew texts and their Greek renderings, as dem-onstrated by Cameron Boyd-Taylor’s overview essay ‘What Is the Septuagint?’ at the start of this volume (Chapter 1). Th e Septuagint is a complex entity, which developed over a long period. Moreover, the study of the Septuagint relates in important ways to many other fi elds, including Hellenistic and Byzantine Judaism; New Testament and early Christianity; patristic biblical exegesis; Greek lexicography; ‘daughter’ versions;
liturgy; papyrology and manuscript studies; translation studies; modern theology. We have endeavoured to cover as many of these areas as possible.