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Messianism and the Septuagint: Collected Essays

Messianism and the Septuagint: Collected Essays

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Series: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, Book 178

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ISBN10: 9042915153
ISBN13: 9789042915152
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Aug 6 2004
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.62
Language: English
The essays reproduced in this volume have been selected on the basis oftheir common theme: Messianism in the Septuagint. The aim of the papers isto answer the following basic questions: Does the Septuagint enhance themessianic hope developed in the Masoretic text? Does it reflect a stage inthe development of Israel's messianic expectations, perhaps preparing forChristianism and its Messiah? Questioning a theory accepted by manyscholars, the author argues that the Septuagint as a whole does notexhibit an increased interest in royal messianism. While some texts offerliteral translations, others display a weakening of the royal messianiccharacter of the translated passages, or perhaps more correctly, severalrelevant passages in the Septuagint are witnesses to an earlier Hebrewversion in which the messianic accents were less pronounced than in thefinal Masoretic text.

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