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ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ - Η Σημασία της Μεταφράσεως των Ο΄, 2008

https://cdn.mohrsiebeck.com/40,e91c4a0b604b27a22b19691f65206b.pdf

2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel ... more 2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel and Hellas, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Founadation

2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel ... more 2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel and Hellas, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Founadation

HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANCIENT NEAR EAST, ISRAEL AND HELLAS, 16-18.04.2023, 2023

PROGRAMM, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANCIENT NEAR EAST, I... more PROGRAMM, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE

HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANCIENT NEAR EAST, ISRAEL AND HELLAS, 16-18.04.2023

Neutestamentliche Kosmologien

The article includes history of research and concepts of “Theology of the Septuagint”, as well as... more The article includes history of research and concepts of “Theology of the Septuagint”, as well as suggestions for further research.The article includes history of research and concepts of “Theology of the Septuagint”, as well as suggestions for further re-search

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2006

The attempt to detect� Theology in the linguistic deviations and divergencies of the Septuagint (... more The attempt to detect� Theology in the linguistic deviations and divergencies of the Septuagint (LXX) with the Massoretic Text (MT), presupposes the use of certain exegetical methods. Of course, this implies methods to be used by the modern Septuagint scholar and not the hypothetical translation technique(s) used by the LXX-translators. Therefore, I suggest� the scholar should integrate the historical critical method � in a balanced manner, without the incriminating questioning of long outdated historicism - into the modern LXX-exegesis. In this way, I think, we have the opportunity to verify or falsify hypothetical exegetical practices probably used by the LXX-translators and to discover where we are really able to talk about genuine� Theology in the LXX � in contrast to the MT.� The LXX-Psalm 150, in comparison to other related Old Testament texts, was chosen to exemplify this suggestion.

Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2000

L'article traite de l'unite en I Rois 22 et de la question du rapport de la personnificat... more L'article traite de l'unite en I Rois 22 et de la question du rapport de la personnification de l'inspiration prophetique divine avec la fausse prophetie. L'A. etudie des analogies avec d'autres unites en I Rois, II Chroniques et Isaie, et des variantes de la Septante. Cette unite entre dans le concret et decrit le phenomene de la pseudoprophetie en montrant la frontiere entre vraie et fausse prophetie et en nommant ses tenants.

Vetus Testamentum, 2001

Bei seinem Versuch, den ursprünglichen Wortlaut des hebräischen Textes Hos. ix 12 zu rekonstruier... more Bei seinem Versuch, den ursprünglichen Wortlaut des hebräischen Textes Hos. ix 12 zu rekonstruieren, hat Nyberg die LXX-Lesart σάρξ μου ἐξ αὐτῶν nicht bloß als Fehldeutung ausgewertet, sondern sogar als ''ganz töricht'' bezeichnet. Doch schon ein erster Blick auf den diesbezüglichen Kontext zeigt, daß weder die betreffende LXXLesart, noch ihre hebräische Entsprechung ganz zufällig sein können. Meines Erachtens handelt es sich hier vielmehr um theologisch motivierte Textvariationen . Das Verständnis von wird im allgemeinen davon bestimmt, daß Gott kein Fleisch ist (vgl. Hos. xi 9). Die LXX-Lesart σρξμoυ ξατν geht aber vom Gedanken aus, daß das Verhältnis zwischen Gott und Volk in Hos. i-iii mit der Beziehung zwischen Mann und Frau bildhaft dargestellt wird, und führt durch σρξ μoυ diesen Gedanken weiter, indem sie nunmehr eindeutig auf das Schema "Mann-Frau-Einfleisch" nach Gen. ii 23-25 anspielt. Der Sinn von σ ρξ μoυ ξατν wurde zum Gegenstand der vorangehenden ...

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2007

Bροτός, a favourite word used by Homer , appears exclusively in the Septuagint version of Job to ... more Bροτός, a favourite word used by Homer , appears exclusively in the Septuagint version of Job to express the beauty of the whole man, as an excellent creature of God, who is transient but strives to achieve eternity. He is vulnerable but wants to reach perfection, is mortal and longs for immortality.
This equivalent enables us to decode translation processes in the LXX-Job and to uncover hermeneutical principles and characteristics of its theological and anthropological language and thought.

Justin’s dialogue with Trypho assembles theoretical reflections on Christian-Jewish disputations ... more Justin’s dialogue with Trypho assembles theoretical reflections on Christian-Jewish disputations based on certain fixed process-rules and traditional written sources such as the Septuagint and Plato. It directs attention to certain philosophical and theological issues and provides exclusive statements about the meeting and Christian reworking of Greek and Hebrew ways of thinking in the Graeco-Roman world. The present article deals with the relationship between philosophy and theology as well as Justin’s understanding of scripture as significant conceptual keys to the decipherment of the Septuagintand Platoreception in the ongoing 2nd century AD. 1.1 Justins Dialog mit Tryphon stellt die spatere schriftliche Fixierung eines christlich-judischen Gesprachs dar. Das Gesprach fand gegen Ende des BarKochba-Aufstandes um 135 n. Chr. in Ephesus statt und ist ein Spiegel fur die christlich-judische Auseinandersetzung im angehenden 2. Jh. n. Chr. Sie bietet exklusive Aussagen, deren besondere...

Verbum et Ecclesia

On the right of the proselyte in LXX-Malachi 3:5. This article deals with Malachi 3:5 from the pe... more On the right of the proselyte in LXX-Malachi 3:5. This article deals with Malachi 3:5 from the perspective of language theology. An attempt is made to answer the questions of how the LXX translator of the Malachi book came up with the reading ‘bend the right of the proselyte’, how this reading can be correctly interpreted and in which way it relates to the question of proselyte law and theology, the language of the Septuagint.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The focus falls in the contextual-hermeneutical study in the translation in the Septuagint of Malachi 3:5 in the Old Testament, posing the question on how the translator conceived of the right of the proselyte and how it can best be understood. The interdisciplinarity of the article touches on both the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint (LXX) texts.

ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ - Η Σημασία της Μεταφράσεως των Ο΄, 2008

https://cdn.mohrsiebeck.com/40,e91c4a0b604b27a22b19691f65206b.pdf

2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel ... more 2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel and Hellas, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Founadation

2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel ... more 2nd International Online Conference: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Ancient Near East, Israel and Hellas, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Founadation

HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANCIENT NEAR EAST, ISRAEL AND HELLAS, 16-18.04.2023, 2023

PROGRAMM, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANCIENT NEAR EAST, I... more PROGRAMM, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE

HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANCIENT NEAR EAST, ISRAEL AND HELLAS, 16-18.04.2023

Neutestamentliche Kosmologien

The article includes history of research and concepts of “Theology of the Septuagint”, as well as... more The article includes history of research and concepts of “Theology of the Septuagint”, as well as suggestions for further research.The article includes history of research and concepts of “Theology of the Septuagint”, as well as suggestions for further re-search

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2006

The attempt to detect� Theology in the linguistic deviations and divergencies of the Septuagint (... more The attempt to detect� Theology in the linguistic deviations and divergencies of the Septuagint (LXX) with the Massoretic Text (MT), presupposes the use of certain exegetical methods. Of course, this implies methods to be used by the modern Septuagint scholar and not the hypothetical translation technique(s) used by the LXX-translators. Therefore, I suggest� the scholar should integrate the historical critical method � in a balanced manner, without the incriminating questioning of long outdated historicism - into the modern LXX-exegesis. In this way, I think, we have the opportunity to verify or falsify hypothetical exegetical practices probably used by the LXX-translators and to discover where we are really able to talk about genuine� Theology in the LXX � in contrast to the MT.� The LXX-Psalm 150, in comparison to other related Old Testament texts, was chosen to exemplify this suggestion.

Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2000

L'article traite de l'unite en I Rois 22 et de la question du rapport de la personnificat... more L'article traite de l'unite en I Rois 22 et de la question du rapport de la personnification de l'inspiration prophetique divine avec la fausse prophetie. L'A. etudie des analogies avec d'autres unites en I Rois, II Chroniques et Isaie, et des variantes de la Septante. Cette unite entre dans le concret et decrit le phenomene de la pseudoprophetie en montrant la frontiere entre vraie et fausse prophetie et en nommant ses tenants.

Vetus Testamentum, 2001

Bei seinem Versuch, den ursprünglichen Wortlaut des hebräischen Textes Hos. ix 12 zu rekonstruier... more Bei seinem Versuch, den ursprünglichen Wortlaut des hebräischen Textes Hos. ix 12 zu rekonstruieren, hat Nyberg die LXX-Lesart σάρξ μου ἐξ αὐτῶν nicht bloß als Fehldeutung ausgewertet, sondern sogar als ''ganz töricht'' bezeichnet. Doch schon ein erster Blick auf den diesbezüglichen Kontext zeigt, daß weder die betreffende LXXLesart, noch ihre hebräische Entsprechung ganz zufällig sein können. Meines Erachtens handelt es sich hier vielmehr um theologisch motivierte Textvariationen . Das Verständnis von wird im allgemeinen davon bestimmt, daß Gott kein Fleisch ist (vgl. Hos. xi 9). Die LXX-Lesart σρξμoυ ξατν geht aber vom Gedanken aus, daß das Verhältnis zwischen Gott und Volk in Hos. i-iii mit der Beziehung zwischen Mann und Frau bildhaft dargestellt wird, und führt durch σρξ μoυ diesen Gedanken weiter, indem sie nunmehr eindeutig auf das Schema "Mann-Frau-Einfleisch" nach Gen. ii 23-25 anspielt. Der Sinn von σ ρξ μoυ ξατν wurde zum Gegenstand der vorangehenden ...

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2007

Bροτός, a favourite word used by Homer , appears exclusively in the Septuagint version of Job to ... more Bροτός, a favourite word used by Homer , appears exclusively in the Septuagint version of Job to express the beauty of the whole man, as an excellent creature of God, who is transient but strives to achieve eternity. He is vulnerable but wants to reach perfection, is mortal and longs for immortality.
This equivalent enables us to decode translation processes in the LXX-Job and to uncover hermeneutical principles and characteristics of its theological and anthropological language and thought.

Justin’s dialogue with Trypho assembles theoretical reflections on Christian-Jewish disputations ... more Justin’s dialogue with Trypho assembles theoretical reflections on Christian-Jewish disputations based on certain fixed process-rules and traditional written sources such as the Septuagint and Plato. It directs attention to certain philosophical and theological issues and provides exclusive statements about the meeting and Christian reworking of Greek and Hebrew ways of thinking in the Graeco-Roman world. The present article deals with the relationship between philosophy and theology as well as Justin’s understanding of scripture as significant conceptual keys to the decipherment of the Septuagintand Platoreception in the ongoing 2nd century AD. 1.1 Justins Dialog mit Tryphon stellt die spatere schriftliche Fixierung eines christlich-judischen Gesprachs dar. Das Gesprach fand gegen Ende des BarKochba-Aufstandes um 135 n. Chr. in Ephesus statt und ist ein Spiegel fur die christlich-judische Auseinandersetzung im angehenden 2. Jh. n. Chr. Sie bietet exklusive Aussagen, deren besondere...

Verbum et Ecclesia

On the right of the proselyte in LXX-Malachi 3:5. This article deals with Malachi 3:5 from the pe... more On the right of the proselyte in LXX-Malachi 3:5. This article deals with Malachi 3:5 from the perspective of language theology. An attempt is made to answer the questions of how the LXX translator of the Malachi book came up with the reading ‘bend the right of the proselyte’, how this reading can be correctly interpreted and in which way it relates to the question of proselyte law and theology, the language of the Septuagint.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The focus falls in the contextual-hermeneutical study in the translation in the Septuagint of Malachi 3:5 in the Old Testament, posing the question on how the translator conceived of the right of the proselyte and how it can best be understood. The interdisciplinarity of the article touches on both the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint (LXX) texts.

Doctoral Dissertation 1997 (ed. 2000) / Διδακτορική Διατριβή 1997 (έκδ. 2000) & Bιβλιοκρισία στο ZAW, 1997

Divine Kingdom and Kingdoms of Men / Gottesreich und Reiche der Menschen, 2019

Gottesschau – Gotteserkenntnis. Studien zur Theologie der Septuaginta, 2017

The Gutian Period in Codex Ur-Namma: a Re-examination Gutians were an ancient nomadic people of W... more The Gutian Period in Codex Ur-Namma: a Re-examination Gutians were an ancient nomadic people of West Asia, around the Zagros Mountains (Modern Iran). Gutians have been linked to the collapse of the Akkadian Empire after which, in 22 nd century BC, they ruled in Mesopotamia; the exact length of their rule is unknown. The recently discovered text of the Codex Ur-Namma has a unique reference to bala gu-du-ma-ka (the Gutian period) comparing it to the bala ur-d namma (the period of Ur-Namma) in matters related to a particular legal problem involving the law of sale and evidentiary procedure. The present essay will critically evaluate the current understanding of the law and offers a new interpretation. As a necessary introduction to the interpretation of cuneiform law collections the nature of the texts known as law collection and their casuistic method will be discussed.

1st Online International conference