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Category Archives: LXX Texts of Note
Did Enoch Die? (LXX, Philo, Hebrews)
The Biblical notice of Enoch is brief and tantalizing: “When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah. Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the … Continue reading
Posted in LXX Texts of Note, Philo
Tagged 1 Enoch, Eden, Elijah, Enoch, Garden of Eden, Greek, Hebrews, Jubilees, LXX, Moses, Rapture, Septuagint, Targums, Wisdom of Solomon
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Do You Want to Go to Hades?
Last week, I was commenting to my elementary Greek class on the need to be aware of some simple linguistic data when dealing the topic of ‘hell’ and the NT. Older translations of the NT (like the KJV) typically translated … Continue reading
Posted in LXX Texts of Note, NT Texts, Word of the Week
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When did Death Come into the World?
I received the new IVP Academic catalog today and the new book by Ronald Osborn, Death Before the Fall, caught my attention. It deals with the question of death, the fall, and our hermeneutics in reading Genesis. I’ve recently run across … Continue reading
Posted in Apostolic Fathers, LXX Texts of Note, Philo
Tagged 1 Clement, Abel, Adam, Cain, Clement of Rome, Death, Envy, Fall, First Clement, John Byron, LXX, Paul, Romans 5, Septuagint, Sin, Wisdom of Solomon
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John 2:4, Supposed Semitisms, and the Usefulness of TLG
Commentators on John 2:4 almost universally hold that Jesus here employs a Semitism or Hebraism with antecedents in the OT. In this post, I question this consensus by adducing a generally unnoticed parallel from Epictetus. John 2:4 Here’s the text
Posted in LXX Texts of Note
Tagged Cana, Epictetus, hebraism, Hebraisms, Jesus, John 2:4, LXX, Mary, Semitisms, Septuagint
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Sabbath Rest in Hebrews (LXX Texts of Note)
Rest is a major theme in Hebrews 3-4. There, the author quotes at length Psalm 95 (94 in LXX), which invites its hearers to learn from the example of their forefathers, who rebelled in the wilderness and were kept from … Continue reading
Posted in LXX Texts of Note
Tagged Gezera Shawa, Hebrews, Jewish Hermeneutics, LXX, Rest, Sabbath, Septuagint
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The Old Testament Church (LXX Texts of Note 4)
This post is the fourth in a series where I note Septuagintal passages of interest to students of Christian origins; e.g. texts where the New Testament quotes an LXX reading significantly different from the Masoretic reading, or texts where the … Continue reading
Gog, the Locust King (LXX Texts of Note 3)
In Amos 7:1 LXX we have a most intriguing passage. Most English translations read something like this: “The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops … Continue reading
Creatio ex Invisibili? (LXX Texts of Note 2)
This post is the second in a series where I note Septuagintal passages of interest to students of Christian origins; e.g. texts where the New Testament quotes an LXX reading significantly different from the Masoretic reading, or texts where the … Continue reading
Posted in LXX Texts of Note
Tagged Creation, Genesis, Hebrews, Joseph and Aseneth, Josephus, LXX, Septuagint
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Enoch Walks, or Does He? (LXX Texts of Note 1)
LXX Luthor This post is intended to be the beginning of a regular series where I note Septuagintal passages which would be of interest to students of Christian origins; e.g. texts where the New Testament quotes an LXX reading significantly … Continue reading
Posted in LXX Texts of Note
Tagged Enoch, Genesis, Hebrews, Jubilees, LXX, Septuagint, Sirach, Targums
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