Monthly Archives: November 2011

Now, which of you took a look at the title of this post and said, “that sounds like a revetting topic of study?”  Me neither.  The first half of the article was excruciatingly boring and difficult to follow.  Granted, this could have been … Continue reading →

Robert J. V. Hiebert, one of the translators of the book of Genesis in NETS, walks his reader through his translation decisions in Genesis 17.  As I have previously mentioned, the NETS adopts an “upstream” method of interpretation.  Hiebert concedes … Continue reading →

Wolfgang Kraus has provided his reader with a brief guide through the available translations of the Septuagint.  He focuses on their guiding methodologies which lead to certain strengths and weakness. At the outset we encounter the tension between a translation … Continue reading →

Yesterday, if you will recall, we spoke about articulation and re-articulation as it relates to the Septuagint. Articulation was the result of the translator’s work, i.e. the Septuagint. Re-articulation is how that translation came to be interpreted by the communities … Continue reading →

So far it appears as if the articles in Septuagint Research are all composed as warnings for those conducting research within the Septuagint. As it might happen, I am a novice and I hope to do research in the Septuagint…soooo, … Continue reading →

I finished the first article in the book  Septuagint Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek Jewish Scriptures. In his article “In a Mirror, Dimly—Reading the Septuagint as a Document of Its Times,” Cameron Boyd-Taylor sounds a warning … Continue reading →