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No Stone Unturned - Greek Inscriptions and Septuagint Vocabulary (Paperback)
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No Stone Unturned - Greek Inscriptions and Septuagint Vocabulary (Paperback)
Series: Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible
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For understanding biblical Greek in context, the importance of the
discoveries of papyri was recognized early in the twentieth
century, while inscriptions by comparison were left unexplored.
Those scholars who had intended to turn their attention to the
inscriptions were delayed by their work on the papyri and by the
conviction that the greater results would come from these. As a
result, undue focus has been placed on papyri, and biblical Greek
words have been viewed only through their lens, leading to the
inference that the Greek is specifically Egyptian and vernacular.
This volume widens the focus on Septuagint words by demonstrating
how the inscriptions, coming from a broader geographical region
than papyri and containing a wider range of registers, are a source
that should not remain untouched. This work explains the current
state of the study of Septuagint vocabulary and outlines the
competing roles of papyri and inscriptions in its interpretation,
including the limitations of focussing solely on papyri. The
practical issues for a biblical scholar in dealing with
inscriptions are presented and some guidance is given for those
wishing to explore the resources further. Finally, examples are
drawn together of how inscriptions can illuminate our understanding
of Septuagint vocabulary, and thereby inform the socio-historical
position of the Septuagint. The origins of apparently new words in
the Septuagint, the semantic and grammatical function of words, and
the geographical distribution and register all demonstrate the need
for further investigation into this field.
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