Category Archives: LXX Texts of Note

Did Enoch Die? (LXX, Philo, Hebrews)

Posted on March 3, 2014 by

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 →

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Do You Want to Go to Hades?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by

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 →

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When did Death Come into the World?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by

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 →

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John 2:4, Supposed Semitisms, and the Usefulness of TLG

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

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

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Sabbath Rest in Hebrews (LXX Texts of Note)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

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 →

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The Old Testament Church (LXX Texts of Note 4)

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

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 →

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Gog, the Locust King (LXX Texts of Note 3)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

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 →

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Creatio ex Invisibili? (LXX Texts of Note 2)

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

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 →

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Enoch Walks, or Does He? (LXX Texts of Note 1)

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

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 →

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