Editing the Septuagint: The Unfinished Task: Papers presented at the 50th anniversary of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Denver 2018

Editing the Septuagint: The Unfinished Task: Papers presented at the 50th anniversary of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Denver 2018
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
Country
Germany
Published
6 August 2022
Pages
242
ISBN
9783525560631

Editing the Septuagint: The Unfinished Task: Papers presented at the 50th anniversary of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Denver 2018

The Greek Old Testament, commonly known as Septuagint, has its origins in Ptolemaic Egypt. Egypt developed into a strongly bilingual country, and in the fourth century CE, when Christianity was on firmer ground in Egypt, the Septuagint was translated into Coptic. The intertwined and prolific relation between the Greek and the Coptic Old Testament is now aptly reflected also in the joint ventures of the Goettingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Since the 19th century, Goettingen was and is the global center of Septuagint research. In 2015, a new Academy project started, which deals with the translation of the Septuagint into Coptic-Sahidic: Digitale Gesamtedition und UEbersetzung des koptisch-sahidischen Alten Testaments. Finally, in 2020, the new long-term project Die Editio critica maior des griechischen Psalters started at the Goettingen Academy. Both projects work closely together, and the present volume is one of the results of this fruitful collaboration.

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