It is exciting to see the publication of a long-awaited volume in the discipline. Tuukka Kauhanen and Hanna Vanonen have edited The Legacy of Soisalon-Soininen: Towards a Syntax of Septuagint Greek in the DSI series with V&R. This volume is the result of the delightfully alliterative Soisalon-Soininen Symposium on the Septuagint that was held in Helsinki back in 2017. I posted about this event beforehand (here and here) and also provided a brief review as well. (more…)
Finnish School
LXX Post-Doc in Helsinki, Finland
Many people who come to Septuagint scholarship quickly recognize that, while it is a small and specialized discipline, it is one with a rich history. In terms of its recent developments, Septuagint scholarship would not be what it is without the so-called “Finnish School” based at the University of Helsinki. I have written a little bit about this branch of scholarship in the past. Most recently it was related to the symposium held two years ago in honor of the esteemed scholar Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen (1917-2002). You can read more about that event and its honoree here. (more…)
Soisalon-Soininen Symposium Program & Registration Available
A few months ago I posted about the upcoming Soisalon-Soininen Symposium on the Septuagint, which will be held this coming 1-4 June 2017 at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
I’m glad to see that there is now more information about this event available on the homepage, i
ncluding the following snippet:
Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen (1917–2002) was Professor of the Faculty of Theology 1964–84 and the “founding father” of Septuagint studies in Finland. He did pioneering research on the Greek syntax of the Septuagint, especially by applying to it his translation-technical methodology, which is still the hall-mark of the “Helsinki School” of Septuagint studies.
Registration
You can now also register for the symposium, which is free of charge through this link:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/80085/lomake.html
Program
The line-up of keynote speakers for this event consists of the top scholars in the discipline. The full program is now available as well, which I’ve reproduced here:
Thursday, Ju1st
University Main building, Fabianinkatu 33, 2nd floor, Runebergsali (Runeberg Hall)
| 15.45 | Registration/refreshments |
| 16.00 | Raija Sollamo & Anneli Aejmelaeus Opening Speech |
| Keynote Session – Chair: Raija Sollamo | |
| 16.30 | James K. Aitken (University of Cambridge) Standard Language and the Place of the Septuagint within Koine |
| 17.30 | Seppo Sipilä (Finnish Bible Society) Soisalon-Soininen Meets Grice: The Cooperational Principle and the Septuagint Syntax |
| 18.30 | Discussion |
| 19.00 | Reception by the Rector of the University |
Friday 2 June
University Main building, Fabianinkatu 33, 3rd floor, Sali (Room) 5
| Keynote Session – Chair: Anneli Aejmelaeus | |
| 9.00 | John A. L. Lee (Macquarie University) Back to the Question of Greek Idiom |
| 10.00 | Raija Sollamo (University of Helsinki) The Usage of the Article with Nouns Defined by a Nominal or Pronominal Genitive |
| 11.00 | Refreshments |
| Short Papers – Chair: Seppo Sipilä | |
| 11.30 | William A. Ross (University of Cambridge) The Semantics of ‘Youth’ Vocabulary in the Septuagint |
| 12.00 | Christian Seppänen (University of Helsinki) Renderings of the Preposition min in the Greek Pentateuch |
| 12.30 | Miika Tucker (University of Helsinki) The Infinitive in Septuagint Jeremiah |
| 13.00 | Lunch (Restaurant Frans et Amélie, Helsinki, Kluuvikatu 8) |
| Keynote Session – Chair: Seppo Sipilä | |
| 14.30 | Theo van der Louw (SIL International) The Mechanics of Segmentation in the Greek Pentateuch |
| 15.30 | Anssi Voitila (University of Eastern Finland) Middle Voice as Depiction of Subject’s Dominion in the Greek Pentateuch |
| 16.30 | Refreshments |
| Short Papers – Chair Anssi Voitila | |
| 17.00 | Philippe Le Moigne Une tournure syntaxique fréquente en Ésaïe-LXX : substantif abstrait + λήμψεται + complément d’objet direct |
| 17.30 | Srecko Koralija (University of Cambridge) Notions of Paradise, Enjoyment and Heaven in LXX |
| 18.00 | Free evening |
Saturday 3 June
University Main building, Unioninkatu 34, 3rd floor, Auditorio (Auditorium) XIII
| Keynote Session – Chair: Anssi Voitila | |
| 9.00 | Silvia Luraghi (University of Pavia) & Chiara Zanchi (University of Pavia/University of Bergamo) New meanings and constructions of prepositions in the Septuagint: A comparison with Classical and New Testament Greek |
| 10.00 | Anneli Aejmelaeus (University of Helsinki) Translation Technique and the Recensions |
| 11.00 | Refreshments |
| Short Papers – Chair: Anneli Aejmelaeus | |
| 11.30 | José Manuel Cañas Reíllo (Departamento de Filología Griega y Latina CCHS – CSICC) Recensions, textual groups, and vocabulary differentiation in LXX-Judges |
| 12.00 | Patrick Pouchelle (Centre Sèvres) Did the Greek Translators Know the Pi’el Stem, and How Did They Render it? |
| 12.30 | TBA |
| 13.00 | Lunch (Salad Buffet on the University premises) |
| Keynote Session – Chair Raija Sollamo | |
| 14.30 | Jan Joosten (University of Oxford) Grammar and Style in the Septuagint: On Some Remarkable Uses of Preverbs |
| 15.30 | Concluding Discussion on the Septuagint Syntax |
| 16.30 | Free Time |
| 19.00 | Symposium Dinner (Ravintola Sunn, Aleksanterinkatu 26, 2nd floor) |
Sunday 4 June
| 10.00 | A Walking Tour in Helsinki starting at Hotel Töölö Towers, address: Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 23 A. The programme includes bringing flowers to the Grave of Prof. Soisalon-Soininen |
| 12.00 | Birthday-coffee, invitation by Prof. Eljas Soisalon-Soininen |
My paper
I am looking forward to presenting some of my research related to my dissertation. My abstract is as available here.
