Tag: Septuagint

• What They Thought when They Were Wrong

  Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 2 Greek text This is what they said to themselves when they were thinking wrongly: Our life is short and stressful, and there’s no remedy for a person’s death. For someone to return from Hades is unheard of. We were born out of the blue, and in the future it will […]

  Brian Davidson

  August 10, 2017

  Greek

  LXX, Septuagint

• Webinar: Studying LXX in Accordance

  Abram KJ is going to be leading a webinar on studying the Septuagint in Accordance. It starts at 2pm EST today. Sorry for the late notice. Sign up here if you can.

  Brian Davidson

  July 19, 2017

  Bible, Tech

  Accordance, LXX, Septuagint

• Montanari talks about BrillDAG

  Is a new dictionary of ancient Greek necessary? On Brill’s language and linguistics blog, Franco Montanari answers this question and talks about the distinctive features of his new lexicon. This is a really helpful post highlighting three reasons why he thinks his lexicon is necessary: Progress in our understanding of ancient Greek The evolution of […]

  Brian Davidson

  June 21, 2017

  Greek

  Brill, Greek, Josephus, lexicography, LXX, Montanari, Septuagint

• Göttingen Job in Accordance

  “The Septuagint says …” You can’t responsibly finish that sentence without checking a Göttingen edition. If there is no Göttingen edition for a particular book, then we usually turn to Rahlfs, but his edition was never intended to be the last word on the Old Greek (“Septuagint”) text. Why Göttingen? This point is not widely […]

  Brian Davidson

  May 5, 2017

  Accordance, Greek, Tech

  Accordance, Göttingen LXX, Hexapla, LXX, Origen, Septuagint

• Spinning Flowers and Anxiety

  Lilies don’t spin. But what does that have to do with anything? I’ve read Matthew several times, but for some reason I’ve never pursued exactly what is meant when Jesus says that the lilies don’t “spin.” Matthew 6:28–29 Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither labor nor spin, but I tell […]

  Brian Davidson

  July 19, 2015

  Bible, Greek

  Jesus, LXX, Matthew 6, Matthew 6:28-29, New Testament, Septuagint, Sermon on the Mount

• The Committee’s Goal & Guiding Principles

  This post provides some reading notes on chapter 2 of Dominique Barthélemy’s Studies in the Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, trans. Stephen Pisano et al., Textual Criticism and the Translator 3 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012). Earlier posts provide notes on the Introduction and part 1, […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 28, 2015

  Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, Hebrew

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Dominique Barthélemy, Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, James Sanders, LXX, Septuagint, Textual Criticism

• The Early History of OT Textual Criticism

  This post provides some reading notes on chapter 1 of on Dominique Barthélemy’s Studies in the Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, trans. Stephen Pisano et al., Textual Criticism and the Translator 3 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012). An earlier post provides notes on the Introduction. Chapter […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 27, 2015

  Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, Hebrew

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Dominique Barthélemy, Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, James Sanders, LXX, Septuagint, Textual Criticism

• Overview of the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project

  This post is some reading notes on the introductory essay in Dominique Barthélemy’s Studies in the Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, trans. Stephen Pisano et al., Textual Criticism and the Translator 3 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012). The volume opens with an essay from James Sanders introducing Dominique […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 17, 2015

  Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, Hebrew

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Dominique Barthélemy, Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, James Sanders, LXX, Septuagint, Textual Criticism

• Holmes-Parsons Ecclesiastes

  Just the other day I was looking for a PDF of the Holmes-Parsons edition of Ecclesiastes. John Meade helped me find it online here. In fact, all five volumes are available online. Today, I got to see the real thing:

  Brian Davidson

  October 9, 2014

  Bible, Greek, PhD

  Ecclesiastes, LXX, Septuagint

• Interview with Two Editors of the Lexham English Septuagint

  Rick Brannan and Ken Penner were kind enough to sit down and talk with me about a recently published English translation of the LXX, the Lexham English Septuagint (LES). I shared an early draft of these questions with a few friends who are involved in Septuagint studies, and couple of them had questions of their own. I […]

  Brian Davidson

  February 7, 2014

  Bible, Greek, Hebrew, Productivity

  Göttingen LXX, Ken Penner, Lexham Press, Logos, Logos Bible Software, LXX, Rick Brannan, Septuagint