Format:
1 online resource (276 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004228023
Series Statement:
Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements Ser. v.114
Content:
Though Christians used Greek translations of the Bible, many Fathers acknowledged that the status of their Old Testament as originally Hebrew scripture bore certain implications for their biblical theory, especially for the canon, language, and text of scripture.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Citations, Abbreviations, Editions, Translations -- 1. Introduction -- The Canon of Scripture -- The Language of Scripture -- The Text of Scripture -- 2. The Old Testament Canon in Patristic Biblical Theory -- The Date Criterion -- Judaism -- Christianity -- The Synagogal Criterion -- The Correspondence between Julius Africanus and Origen -- Origen outside His Correspondence with Africanus -- Origen's Canon List -- Origen on the Wisdom of Solomon -- The Jews and the Oracles of God -- Origen and Enoch -- Conclusion -- Jerome -- The Ecclesiastical Criterion -- Conclusion -- 3. Hebrew Scripture and the Canon of the Old Testament -- Julius Africanus -- Origen -- The {Stromata} -- {Letter to Africanus} -- Suppression of Scripture -- Conclusion -- Other Evidence for the Hebrew Criterion in Patristic Literature -- The Hebrew Alphabet and the Canonical Books -- The Extent of the Septuagint Translation -- Jerome, Augustine, and the Hebrew Criterion -- Conclusion -- 4. The Language of Hebrew Scripture and Patristic Biblical Theory -- Hebrew: The Holy Language of Judaism -- The Languages of Early Judaism -- Reverence for the Hebrew Language in Early Judaism -- Hebrew and Aramaic in Patristic Thought -- The Relationship between Hebrew and Aramaic According to the Fathers -- The Idea of Hebrew in Patristic Literature -- The Idea of Aramaic in Patristic Literature -- Conclusion -- 5. Hebrew Scripture and the Text of the Old Testament -- The Text of the Septuagint in Early Judaism -- The Text of the Bible in Early Judaism -- Jewish Sources on Greek Scripture -- Septuagint versus Hebrew in Early Judaism -- The Continued Use of Greek Scripture in Judaism -- The Biblical Text in Early Christianity -- Patristic Textual Theory before Origen -- Origen's Textual Theory -- The Textual Theory of the Greek Fathers after Origen.
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Additional Edition:
9789004226333
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9789004226333
Language:
English
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