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New LXX Publications of Note

Over the last few months I’ve highlighted a number of my own publications, so I thought it would make sense to point out others’ work as well.

Mambelli, Vedere Sogni on Old Greek Daniel (Italian)

I was glad to receive news from Anna Mambelli of her recent publication, Vedere Sogni. Here is an English translation of part of the volume description:

For the first time, the Hellenistic context and meaning of the dream reports in Daniel 2 and 4, in its ancient Greek version known as the Old Greek, are examined in a detailed study. Far from being a simple literal translation of its Hebrew-Aramaic source, the Old Greek introduces several variations in dream-related vocabulary attributable exclusively to the translator. These variations have significant narrative, exegetical, and even theological implications.

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ONLINE: 8th International Conference for Septuagint Studies

More than a year ago, I posted the announcement of the 8th International Conference for Septuagint Studies, to be held (as always) in Wuppertal, Germany.

That was in January 2020. Within four months, the global situation had changed drastically of course. So I then posted and update about the event, which was “postponed” until the following year. (more…)

Proceedings of the 2018 LXX.D Wuppertal Conference Published

It’s great to see the publication of a new volume on Septuagint research. This work was edited by a team of scholars involved in the Forschungsprojekte zur Septuaginta in Deutschland, which hosts a conference every other year in Germany and publishes the proceedings with Mohr Siebeck. In fact, what would have been the eighth conference was scheduled for this very weekend in Wuppertal, but like everything else it was cancelled for obvious reasons. (It is slated to occur next summer, d.v.)

In any case, the new volume, Die Septuaginta – Themen, Manuskripte, Wirkungen, is now in print and contains articles from the 2018 conference, which was a wonderful event. There is a huge number of articles in this book, which comes in just shy of 1,000 pages! (more…)