Search for dissertations about: "Septuagint"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word Septuagint.

  2. 6. Jeremiah: A Translation and Commentary on Jeremiah in Codex Vaticamus

    Author : Georg Walser; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Bible; Old Testament; Prophets; Jeremiah; Septuagint; translation; philology; Codex Vaticanus;

    Abstract : This study investigates the Greek text of Jeremiah as found in the famous Vatican manuscript Codex Vaticanus 1209. It is the first major commentary to focus on the text of LXX Jeremiah in any modern language. READ MORE

  4. 7. The neologisms in 2 Maccabees

    Author : Nikolaos Domazakis; Grekiska (antik och bysantinsk); []
    Keywords : 2 Maccabees; neologisms; hapax legomena; Septuagint lexicography; deuterocanonical apocryphal books; Alpha Text of Esther; Polybius;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates a hitherto under-researched topic in Septuagint studies, the Septuagint neologisms, that is, the words which are first attested in the Septuagint, taking as a case in point a deuterocanonical/apocryphal book originally written in Greek, the Second Book of Maccabees (2 Maccabees). The thesis first examines how the neologisms have so far been treated in Septuagint studies and lexicography and proposes a method for their identification based on a thorough search of the electronic databases of ancient Greek literary and non-literary texts rather than of the existing Greek lexica. READ MORE

  5. 8. Rethinking the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy : A historiographical case study of Second Peter and Jude

    Author : Anders Gerdmar; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; New testament; 2 Peter; Jude; Judaism; Hellenism; Hellenistic Judaism; Hegelianism; historiography; dichotomy; Semitisms; rhetorical criticism; midrash; aggadah; Jewish Pseudepigrapha; apocalypticism; cosmology; ethos; soteriology; 1 Enoch; 4 Ezra; Qumran; angelomorphic christology; 2 Peter 1:4; Jewish mysticism; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : Since the beginning of modern New Testament exegesis, the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy has been influential as a heuristic tool. However, the concept of Hellenism is ambiguous and its historiographical foundation needs rethinking, having been formed out of Hegelian idealism with a Christian bias. READ MORE