The Septuagint and Jewish Worship

by H. St. J. Thackeray

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About the Author:
Henry St. John Thackeray (1869-1930) was Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford

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ISBN-13:	9781725218192
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/2007
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Pages:	143
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About the Author

Henry St. John Thackeray (1869-1930) was Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford. He was a noted expert on Josephus and the translator of the first English edition of 'The Grammar of New Testament Greek' by Friedrich Blass. His work on the Septuagint includes 'Some Aspects of the Greek Old Testament' and his contribution to Swete's 'An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek'.
Henry St. John Thackeray (1869-1930) was Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford. He was a noted expert on Josephus and the translator of the first English edition of The Grammar of New Testament Greek by Friedrich Blass. His work on the Septuagint includes Some Aspects of the Greek Old Testament and his contribution to Swete's An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek.

Table of Contents

Sketch of Septuagint Origins
The Translators of the Prophetical Books
Stages in the history of the transmission of the LXX text     10
Recovery of LXX text aided by evidence of style     15
The Books of Reigns     16
The 'company' of prophetical translators (Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Twelve)     28
The translators of Jeremiah     29
The translators of Ezekiel     37
The Septuagint and Jewish Worship
The Feast of Pentecost     40
Evolution of the Jewish festivals     41
Evolution of the Jewish lectionary system     43
Feast of Pentecost     46
The theme common to the Haptaroth and special Psalms the Merkabah or theopahany in thunderstorm     47
The Prayer of Habakkuk (Hab. iii)     47
Psalm xxix     55
Psalm lxviii     37
The Feast of Tabernacles     61
Zechariah xiv     64
Psalm lxxvi     67
Psalms xlii-xliii     72
Psalm cxviii     74
1 Kings viii     76
The Septuagint and Jewish Worship
The Book of Baruch and the Fast of the Ninth Ab     80
Modern literature and ancient versions. Problems as to unity, original language, and date     85
Historical Introduction (i.1-14)     88
The Confession (i. 15-iii. 8)     95
The Homily on Wisdom (iii. 9-iv. 4)     95
The Consolation cantos (iv. 5-end)     100
External evidence for Jewish liturgical use     107
Appendices
The Books of Reigns: table of characteristics of the later translator     114
The Translators of Jeremiah: table of renderings     116
The Translators of Ezekiel: tables of renderings, &c.     118
Contrasts between the two main translators     118
Renderings common to the two portions of Ezekiel [alpha]     120
Renderings common to Ezekiel [alpha] and 3 Reigns     123
Ezekiel [Beta][Beta] (xxxvi. 24-38) a version made for lectionary use     124
The bisection of Old Testament books     130
Jewish calendar     137
General Index     139
Index of Biblical and Rabbinical References     142