The Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (JSCS)

formerly, The Bulletin of the International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (BIOSCS)

Major Contents of the Journal

Through Volume 43, the Journal was known as the Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (BIOSCS). The ISSN of the BIOSCS is 0145-3890. The ISSN of the JSCS is 2325-4793.

The first 49 volumes of the Journal are available online in PDF format.

Siegfried Kreuzer has updated the Index of Articles and Book Reviews (originally published in Volume 50) so that it now indexes volumes 1–52. This expanded index is available as a searchable PDF.

In addition to the contents listed below, each volume before Volume 36 also contains a treasurer's report, a record of work published or in progress, and other news and notes.

JSCS
Volume 52
(2019)
issued
January, 2020

Reports
The IOSCS at Fifty Albert Pietersma	p. 5
A Brief History of Septuagint Studies in Australia Trevor Evans	19
Die Septuaginta-Forschung in Italien. Ein Überblick Luca Mazzinghi	29
Articles
Greek Idiom in the LXX-Pentateuch: The Preposition para John A. L. Lee	39
Biblical Greek and post-biblical Hebrew in the minor Greek versions. On the verb συνετίζω “to render intelligent” in a scholion on Gen 3:5, 7 Jan Joosten	53
“You Shall Observe His Heel”: On the Use of Τηρέω in Greek Genesis 3:15b Gregory R. Lanier	63
Observations on the Plague Narrative in Greek Exodus: Strategies Used by the Translator to Shape the Narrative Larry Perkins	73
Negotiating Moses’s Divine-Human Identity in LXX Exodus Amy Balogh	91
Translating Leviticus 20:13 George M. Hollenback	103
Righteousness and Mercy in Greek Deuteronomy: On the translation of צדקה by ἐλεημοσύνη* Jean Maurais	107
The Numeruswechsel as a Content and Context Related Criterion in the Characterisation of LXX Translation Technique: Deuteronomy 29 as a Test Case Antony Khokhar	119
Psalm 7 in Greek: Forays into the Secret World of OG Jannes Smith	133
“Physicians” in LXX Ps 87:11 and Isa 26:14: The Septuagint Rendering as a Polemic against the Hellenistic Cultural-Religious Environment Alexey Somov	145
Proverbs 11:1b-15 as Transmitted in an Unpublished Christian Palestinian Aramaic Palimpsest from St Catherine’s Monastery (Sinai, Greek NF MG 14) Christa Müller-Kessler	157
“Their sacrifices with psalms” in the Septuagint of Isaiah 66:20 Mark A. Awabdy	167
The Mechanics of the Recensional Process: Theodotions’s Treatment of First-Found Equivalents in Old Greek Daniel (John W. Wevers Prize Paper 2018) Daniel Olariu	177
Jacob of Edessa’s Witness to the “Theodotion” Daniel Text: Preliminary Observations Bradley J. Marsh, Jr.	197
Dissertation Abstracts
Creation and Salvation. Models of Relationship between the God of Israel and the Nations in the Book of Jonah, in Psalm 33 (MT and LXX) and in the Novel Joseph and Aseneth Daniela Schialabby	217
Der ursprüngliche Septuaginta-Psalter und seine Rezensionen. Eine Untersuchung anhand der Septuaginta-Psalmen 2; 8; 33; 49 und 103 Jonathan Hong	218
Book Reviews
Bons, Eberhard / Pouchelle, Patrick (ed.), The Psalms of Solomon. Language, History, Theology (EJIL 40), Atlanta 2015 Stefan Schreiber	219
Carsten Ziegert, Diaspora als Wüstenzeit. Übersetzungswissenschaftliche und theologische Aspekte, griechischen Numeribuches (BZAW 480), Berlin 2015 Larry Perkins	221
Texts and Contexts of the book of Sirach/Texte und Kontexte des Sirachbuches, edited by Gerhard Karner, Frank Ueberschaer and Burkard M. Zapff (SCS 66), Atlanta 2017 Johann Cook	224
James W. Barker, Anthony LeDonne, and Joel N. Lohr (eds.), Found in Translation: Essays on Jewish Biblical Translation in Honor of Leonard J. Greenspoon, Perdue 2018 Siegfried Kreuzer	229
Brent Nongbri: God’s Library: The Archaeology of the Earliest Christian Manuscripts, New Haven and London 2018 Martin Karrer	230

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JSCS
Volume 51
(2018)
issued
July, 2018

Editorial	p. 7
Reports
Septuaginta-Forschung in Griechenland vom 19. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert Evangelia Dafni	9
Septuagint Research in the Netherlands Michaël N. van der Meer	21
Septuagint Studies in Poland: Recent Trends and Current Status Krzysztof Mielcarek	41
Septuagintaforschung in Schweden, Dänemark und Norwegen. Eine kurze Übersicht Mogens Müller	48
Septuagint Research in South Africa. Some Brief Notes on the Development of Five Study Fields Gert J. Steyn	52
Septuagint Studies in South America: Charting a Non-Existent Territory Rodrigo Franklin de Sousa	62
Articles
The LXX of the Law of Deposit in Exodus 22:6-14. (Wevers Prize Paper 2017) Jelle Verburg	65
Two Selective Greek Texts of Exodus: A Comparative Analysis of Rahlfs 896 and 960 Drew Longacre	83
In the Court of Foreigners: Translational Strategies in the Septuagint of Exodus 7-9 and Daniel 1-6 Luke Gorton	105
The Hapax δυναστεύματα in 3 Kgdms 2:46c Guy Darshan	119
Joyful Story: The Building of the Second Temple in 1Esdras 5:53–62 Unsung Kwak	127
The Righteous King in LXX Isa 32:1-4: Hope and Ideology in Translation Rodrigo de Sousa	140
Jérôme dans le sillage d'Aquila et du Targoum: Vg iuxta Hebraeos Ps 42[41], 2 et Vg 1 R 22, 38 Anne Francoise Loiseau	156
Beobachtungen zu den Bibelzitaten der „Lex Dei“ sive „Mosaicarum et Romanarum legum collatio“ Felix Albrecht	170
Morphology of Compound Greek Numerals Takamitsu Muraoka	182
Pour une étude conjointe de la version sahidique et du texte grec court du livre de Job Dominique Mangin	191
Dissertation Abstract
Different Literary Editions in 2 Sam 10-12. A Comparative Study of the Hebrew and Greek Textual Traditions Leonardo Pessoa da Silva Pinto	207
Book Reviews
Ignacio Carbajosa and Andrés García Serrano, eds, Una Biblia a varias voces: Estudio textual de la Biblia Políglota Complutense, 2014 Theo van der Louw	208
Benjamin G. Wright III, The Letter of Aristeas. ‘Aristeas to Philocrates’ or ‘On the Translation of the Law of the Jews’, 2015 Laurence Vianès	210
Randall X. Gauthier, Gideon E. Kotzé, and Gert Steyn, eds., Septuagint, Sages, and Scripture: Studies in Honour of Johann Cook, 2016 Stanley E. Porter	213
Takamitsu Muraoka, A Syntax of Septuagint Greek, 2016 Laurence Vianès	216
John Screnock, Traductor Scriptor: The Old Greek Translation of Exodus 1–14 as Scribal Activity, 2016 W. Edward Glenny	225
Anne-Françoise Loiseau, L’influence de l’araméen sur les traducteurs de la LXX principalement, sur les traducteurs grecs postérieurs, ainsi que sur les scribes de la Vorlage de la LXX, 2017 Laurence Vianès	228
Laurence Vianès, Naissance de la Bible grecque. Pseudo-Aristée, Lettre d’Aristée à Philocrate, suivi de: Épiphane de Salamine, Traité des poids et mesures, et de témoignages antiques et médiévaux, 2017 Guillaume Bady	234

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JSCS
Volume 50
(2017)
issued
February, 2018

Editorial	p. 4
Reports
The Bulletin at Fifty: Adapting to the Times Bernard A. Taylor	7
Die Göttinger Septuaginta Reinhard Gregor Kratz und Felix Albrecht	13
Septuagint Studies in Belgium Johan Lust	31
A Short History of Septuagint Studies in Canada Robert J. V. Hiebert and Cameron Boyd-Taylor	37
Septuagint Studies in Finland Raija Sollamo and Ville Mäkipelto	55
La Bible d'Alexandrie. Retour sur le projet de traduction française de la Septante Cécile Dogniez	63
Septuagint and Septuagint Research in Germany Siegfried Kreuzer	71
Die Septuagintaforschung in (Süd-)Korea Jong-Hoon Kim	105
The Russian Bible and Russian Bible Scholarship between the MT and the LXX Mikhail G. Seleznev	111
Fifty Years of Septuagint Research in Spain Natalio Fernández Marcos	122
The American Contribution to LXX Studies (USA) Leonard Greenspoon	128
Articles
The Greek Translator's Portrayal of Aaron in Exodus 32 — A Study in Septuagintal Characterization Larry Perkins	134
Angels: Reconsidering the Septuagint Reading of Deuteronomy 33:2 John R. Gilhooly	155
A Tale of One City (Nah 3: 8-9). A Text-critical Solution for an Often Discussed Problem Provided by a Reading Preserved in the Septuagint (Wevers Prize paper 2016) Nesina Grütter	160
Interaction between Lexical Innovation and Morphemic Analysis in the Septuagint? Evaluative Study on Hebrew Nominal Derivatives Related to Cultic Realia Romina Vergari	176
In Memoriam
Obituary. Peter W. Flint Robert Hiebert	195
Dissertation Abstract
Der Psalter als Weg des Aufstiegs. Die Psalter- und Psalmenexegese Gregors von Nyssa in seinem Traktat In inscriptiones Psalmorum Friedbert Weber	198
Book Reviews
Dieter Böhler, 1 Esdras. Internationaler Exegetischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament, 2015 Julian Elschenbroich	199
Benjamin J.M. Johnson, Reading David and Goliath in Greek and Hebrew. FAT II/82, 2015 Christophe Lemardelé	202
Siegfried Kreuzer, The Bible in Greek: Translation, Transmission, and Theology of the Septuagint. Septuagint and Cognate Studies 63, 2015 Johan Lust	203
Thomas Johann Bauer, ed., Traditio et Translatio. Studien zur lateinischen Bibel zu Ehren von Roger Gryson. Aus der Geschichte der lateinischen Bibel 40, 2016 Siegfried Kreuzer	205
Mariachiara Fincati, The Medieval Revision of the Ambrosian Hexateuch. Critical Editing between Septuaginta and Hebraica Veritas in Ms. Ambrosianus A 147 inf., DSI 5, 2016 Petra Gesche	208
Folker Siegert, Einleitung in die Hellenistisch-Jüdische Literatur: Apokrypha, Pseudepigrapha und Fragmente verlorener Autorenwerke Marieke Dhont	210
IOSCS Matters
I. Minutes: IOSCS General Business Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 18, 2017	213
II. Treasurer’s Report	215
Index
Index zu den Artikeln und Buchrezensionen in BIOSCS and JSCS 1 (1968)–50 (2017) Marcus Sigismund	216

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JSCS
Volume 49
(2016)
issued
November, 2016

Editorial	p. 3
Articles
Constructions Denoting “To Have” (Predicative Possession) in the Greek Genesis Theo van der Louw	5
Quelle est la Septante du Lévitique? Innocent Himbaza	22
Antiochian Readings of 1–4 Reigns in Early Church Fathers Martin Meiser	34
Θεκεμείνας und תַּחְפְּנֵיס in 1 Könige 11,19 (Wevers Prize Paper 2015) Christoffer Theis	50
“Ipsissima verba”: The translator’s “actual words” in Old Greek Job and what they tell us about the translator and the nature of the translation Claude Cox	61
Shall I Surely Translate This? The Hebrew Infinitive Absolute in the Greek Twelve Prophets Joshua L. Harper	81
Ruins, Zion and the Animal Imagery in the Septuagint of Isaiah 34 Anna Angelini	97
A Note on Papyrus 967 and Daniel 2:1 Carson Bay	110
Dissertation Abstracts
The Language and Style of Old Greek Job in Context Marieke Dhont	117
Quasi Nahum — Ein Vergleich des masoretischen Texts und der Septuaginta des Nahumbuchs Nesina Grütter	118
Book Reviews
Nicholas King, The Bible: A study Bible freshly translated Harold Scanlin	119
Natalio Fernández Marcos and M.^a Victoria Spottorno Díaz-Caro, La Biblia griega: Septuaginta, III: Libros poéticos y sapienciales; IV: Libros proféticos Theo van der Louw	122
Joseph Bali, Gillian Greenberg, George A. Kiraz, and Donald M. Walter, The Syriac Peshiṭta Bible with English Translation: The Twelve Prophets Michael Tilly	123
Alain Le Bouluec et Philippe Le Moigne, Vision que vit Isaïe. Traduction du texte du prophète Isaïe selon la Septante Arie van der Kooij	125
James K. Aitken, No Stone Unturned: Greek Inscriptions and Septuagint Vocabulary Marieke Dhont	128
Kristin De Troyer, T. Michael Law and Marketta Liljeström, eds., In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes: Studies in the Biblical Text in Honour of Anneli Aejmelaeus Matthieu Richelle	129
Barbara Schmitz and Helmut Engel, Judit Jeremy Corley	132
Friederike Oertelt, Herrscherideal und Herrschaftskritik bei Philo von Alexandria Adam Kamesar	135
Emanuel Tov, The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research Mark A. Hassler	138
Pieter W. van der Horst, Saxa judaica loquuntur: Lessons from Early Jewish Inscriptions Julian Elschenbroich	140
Wolfgang Kraus, Michaël N. van der Meer, and Martin Meiser (eds.), XV Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Munich 2013 Siegfried Kreuzer	143
James Aitken (ed.), T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint Theo van der Louw	152
Siegfried Kreuzer, Einleitung in die Septuaginta Johanna Erzberger	153
IOSCS Matters
I. Minutes, Annual Business Meeting, 2015	158
II. Treasurer’s Report	159

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Volume 48
(2015)
issued
January, 2016

Editorial	p. 3
Articles
Was the Earth “Invisible”? A Note on ἀόρατος in Genesis 1:2 LXX Pieter W. van der Horst	5
The Translation of משׁכן/אהל מועד and שׁכן in Greek Exodus Larry Perkins	8
Divergent cultic practices in the Septuagint. The “shoulder” (βραχίων) of the priest Jan Joosten	27
The Battle against Ai and the Textual History of the Book of Joshua Kristin de Troyer	39
Narrative Sensitivity and the Variation of Verb Tense in 1 Reigns 17:34-37 (Wevers Prize Paper, 2013) Benjamin Johnson	54
The “Three” in early Christian commentary: The case of the “Song of the Vineyard” (Isaiah 5:1–7) Alison Salvesen	72
Isaiah 14 (LXX) as Narrative Template for Antiochus IV in 2 Maccabees 9 Bradley C. Gregory	86
Zwei Anmerkungen zu Jeremia 27 LXX im Hexapla-Apparat der Göttinger Edition Herbert Migsch	104
A Supplement to a Greek ≈ Hebrew/Aramaic Two-Way Index to the Septuagint Takamitsu Muraoka	113
Les premières traductions roumaines de la Septante (XVIIe siècle). Le projet «Monumenta Linguae Dacoromanorum. Biblia 1688.» Ana-Maria Gînsac et Mădălina Ungureanu	128
Book Reviews
Anwar Tjen, On Conditionals in the Greek Pentateuch: A Study of Translation Syntax Takamitsu Muraoka	145
J. Frederic Berg, The Influence of the Septuagint upon the Peshitta Psalter Alison Salvesen	147
Timothy Michael Law, When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible Tessa Rajak	149
Johannes de Vries and Martin Karrer (eds.), Textual History and the Reception of Scripture in Early Christianity / Textgeschichte und Schriftrezeption im frühen Christentum Gert Steyn	152
Randall X. Gauthier, Psalms 38 and 145 of the Old Greek Version Gilles Dorival	164
Wolfgang Kraus, Siegfried Kreuzer, in Verbindung mit Martin Meiser und Marcus Sigismund, eds., Die Septuaginta – Text, Wirkung, Rezeption, 4. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal, 19-22. Juli 2012 Theo van der Louw	167
Ernst Würthwein, The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica, revised by Alexander Achilles Fischer Mark A. Hassler	172
Congress Announcements
XVI. Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Stellenbosch Sept. 4-7, 2016	174
VI. Internationale Fachtagung zur Septuaginta in Wuppertal, June 21-24, 2016	174
IOSCS Matters
IOSCS Minutes, Annual Business Meeting, 2014	175
Treasurer’s Summary 2014	176

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Volume 47
(2014)
issued
August, 2014

Editorial	p. 3
Articles
κύριος συντρίβων πολέμους “The Lord who shatters wars” (Exod 15:3^LXX). The formative importance of the Song of the Sea (Exod 15:1–18^LXX) for the Book of Judith Barbara Schmitz	5
Interpreting the Sealed Book Leonard J. Greenspoon, H.G.M. Williamson, Florian Wilk, Rodgrigo Franklin de Sousa, Ronald L. Troxel, J. Ross Wagner	17
The word δίαιτα in LXX Job Marieke Dhont	48
On the use of πεπαιδευμένος in Greek Sirach Patrick Pouchelle	59
Veteris Latinae Ecclesiastici: Apologia pro interprete latino Anthony J. Forte	69
Le texte de la Septante, l’édition de Göttingen et La Bible d’Alexandrie Reinhart Ceulemans	93
Report
A Reason to Celebrate: 25 Years of the Louvain Centre for Septuagint Studies and Textual Criticism Bénédicte Lemmelijn	111
Special Review
Bible Software for Septuagint Studies: A Comparison of Accordance 10, BibleWorks 9, and Logos 5 Abram Kielsmeier-Jones	112
Book Reviews
Johann Cook and Hermann-Joseph Stipp, eds., Text-Critical and Hermeneutical Studies in the Septuagint. Bernard Taylor	128
Siefgried Kreuzer, Martin Meiser and Marcus Sigismund, eds., Die Septuaginta — Entstehung, Sprache, Geschichte. 3. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 22.– 25. Juli 2010. Dirk Buchner	134
Myrto Theocharus, Lexical Dependence and Intertextual Allusion in the Septuagint of the Twelve Prophets: Studies in Hosea, Amos, and Micah Cécile Dogniez	143
Michael F. Bird, 1 Esdras: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Vaticanus Dieter Böhler, SJ	146
Georg Walser, Jeremiah: A Commentary Based on Ieremias in Codex Vaticanus. Septuagint Johanna Erzberger	148
Jannes Smith, Translated Hallelujas: A Linguistic and Exegetical Commentary on Select Septuagint Psalms María Victoria Spottorno	151
Thomas Scott Caulley and Hermann Lichtenberger (eds.), Die Septuaginta und das frühe Christentum — The Septuagint and Christian Origins Bonifatia Gesche	154
Paul Magdalino and Robert S. Nelson (eds.), The Old Testament in Byzantium Martin Meiser	157
Marguerite Harl, Voix de louange. Les cantiques bibliques dans la liturgie chrétienne, avec la collaboration de Bruno Meynadier et Antoine Pietrobelli Siegfried Kreuzer	159

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Volume 46
(2013)
issued
January, 2014

Editorial	p. 3
Articles
Dire le lien dans la Bible grecque: Quelques observations sur l’expression de l’attachement et de la proximité Cécile Dogniez	5
A ‘Genetic’ Commentary on the Septuagint of Genesis Robert J.V. Hiebert	19
Die lebendige Wirkung des Geistes in Gen 2,7^LXX. Das Bedeutungsspektrum von נפח/εμφυσάω und נשמה/πνοή im Lichte antiker medizinischer Quellen Annette Weissenrieder	37
The Two Parallel Texts of the List of Solomon's Officials: 3 Reigns 4:2-6 and 2:46^h Pablo A. Torijano	58
Old Greek, kaige and the trifaria varietas — a new perspective on Jerome’s statement Siegfried Kreuzer	74
The Paleo-Hebrew Tetragram in 8ḤevXIIgr Gunnar Eidsvåg	86
A Methodological issue in Septuagint studies with special reference to lexicography Takamitsu Muraoka	101
Dissertation Abstracts
The Song of Deborah (Judges 5): Meaning and Poetry in the Septuagint Nathan LaMontagne	109
Dieu éducateur: Une nouvelle approche d’un concept de la théologie biblique entre Bible Hébraïque, Septante et littérature grecque classique Patrick Pouchelle	110
Book Reviews
Jan Joosten and Peter J. Tomson, eds., Voces Biblicae: Septuagint Greek and its Significance for the New Testament. James K. Aitken	111
Michael van Der Meer, Percy Van Keulen, Willem Th. van Peursen and Bas Ter Haar Romeny, eds., Isaiah in Context: Studies in Honour of Arie van der Kooij on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday Ken M. Penner	114
Wolfgang Kraus, Martin Karrer and Martin Meiser, eds., Die Septuaginta — Texte, Theologien, Einflüsse. 2. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D)	119
Eberhard Bons and Thomas J. Kraus, eds., Et sapienter et eloquenter: Studies on Rhetorical and Stylistic Features of the Septuagint Stanley E. Porter	122
Gillian Bonney and Rafael Vicent, eds., Sophia — Paideia Sapienza e Educazione (Sir 1,27). Miscellanea di studi offerti in onore del prof. Don Mario Cimosa. Marco Settembrini	125
Johann Cook and Arie van der Kooij, Law, Prophets, and Wisdom. On the Provenance of Translators and their Books in the Septuagint Version Gilles Dorival	128
Jan Joosten, Collected Studies on the Septuagint. From Language to Interpretation and beyond Philippe Le Moigne	130
Tuukka Kauhanen, The Proto-Lucianic Problem in 1 Samuel Maria Victoria Spottorno	134
Timothy Michael Law and Alison Salvesen, eds., Greek Scripture and the Rabbis Michael Tilly	137
Abi T. Ngunga, Messianism in the Old Greek of Isaiah. An Intertextual Analysis Cécile Dogniez	139
Siegfried Kreuzer and Marcus Sigismund, eds., Der Antiochenische Text der Septuaginta in seiner Bezeugung und seiner Bedeutung Theo van der Louw	142
Melvin K. H. Peters, ed., XIV Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Helsinki, 2010 Sr. Bonifatia Gesche	144
IOSCS Matters
Minutes, IOSCS Annual Business Meeting, 2013	155
Treasurer’s Report	156
Program XV. Congress IOSCS Munich, 2013	157
Congress announcement	160

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Volume 45
(2012)
issued
July, 2013

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Articles
The Text-Critical Significance of Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 5101 (Ra 2227) for the Old Greek Psalter Jannes Smith	5
Codex Sinaiticus Corrector Cb2 as a Witness to the Alexandrian Text of Isaiah Ken M. Penner	23
A syntactic Aramaism in the Septuagint: ἰδού in temporal expressions Jan Joosten	39
The Order of Pronominal Clitics and Other Pronouns in Greek Exodus — An Indicator of the Translator’s Intentionality Larry Perkins	46
Rethinking Habakuk 1:12 in Light of Translation Style and the Literary Character of Ambakoum James A. E. Mulroney	77
Die griechischen Lesarten von Jeremia 42,11 LXX und ihre Vorlage Herbert Migsch	94
Limitations to Writing a Theology of the Septuagint Alex Douglas	104
Dissertation Abstract
A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22-42 John D. Meade (Date dissertation defended: April 2012)	118
Book Reviews
Benjamin Givens Wright III, Praise Israel for Wisdom and Instruction: Essays on Ben Sira and Wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas, and the Septuagint Siegfried Kreuzer	119
Robert J. V. Hiebert, ed., “Translation is Required”: The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect W. Edward Glenny	120
Daniel O'Hare, “Have You Seen, Son of Man?”. A Study in the Translation and Vorlage of LXX Ezekiel 40-48 Katrin Hauspie	125
Gary Alan Chamberlain, The Greek of the Septuagint: A Supplemental Lexicon Abram Kielsmeier-Jones	132
Natalio Fernández Marcos and María Victoria Spottorno Díaz-Caro (eds.), La Biblia griega: Septuaginta, II: Libros históricos Theo van der Louw	136
Timothy Michael Law, Origenes Orientalis. The Preservation of Origin’s Hexapla in the Syrohexapla of 3 Kingdoms Michael Tilly	138
Laurence Vianès, Malachie. Traduction du texte grec de la Septante, Introduction et notes Innocent Himbaza	141
Claudine Cavalier, Esther. Traduction du texte grec de la Septante, Introduction et notes Maria Gorea	145
Natalio Fernández Marcos, Filología Biblica y humanismo Theo van der Louw	153
IOSCS Matters
Program in Chicago, 2012	156
Treasurer’s Report, 2012	158
IOSCS Minutes, Annual Business Meeting, 2012	159

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Volume 44
(2011)
issued
March, 2013

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Jacob of Edessa's Greek Manuscripts. The case from his revision of the book of Numbers Bradley Marsh	5
Epistle of Jeremiah or Baruch 6? The Importance of Labels Sean A. Adams	26
The Amazing History of MS Rahlfs 159 — Insights from Editing LXX Ecclesiastes Peter J. Gentry and Felix Albrecht	31
Presentation of Septuaginta-Deutsch. Erlauterungen und Kommentare Martin Karrer, Wolfgang Kraus, Martin Rosel, Eberhard Bons, Siegfried Kreuzer	51
Jerome et les traditions exegetiques targumiques Anne-Franyoise Loiseau	81
Book Reviews
Cook, John Granger, The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism Christopher Grundke	127
Gregor Emmenegger, Der Text des koptischen Psalters von Al Mudil Kees den Hertog	129
H. Ausloos / B. Lemmelijn / M. Vervenne (eds.), Florilegium Lovaniense. Studies in Septuagint and Textual Criticism in Honour of Florentino Garcia Martinez Siegfried Kreuzer	136
Jutta Jokiranta / Anssi Voitila (eds.), Scripture in Transition: Essays on Septuagint, Hebrew Bible, and Dead Sea scrolls in Honour of Raija Sollamo Siegfried Kreuzer	141
Cameron Boyd-Taylor, Reading between the Lines: the Interlinear Paradigm for Septuagint Studies Theo van der Louw	145
John W. Olley, Ezekiel: A Commentary based on Iezekiēl in Codex Vaticanus Katrin Hauspie	150
IOSCS Matters
Program in San Francisco, 2011	155
IOSCS Minutes, Annual Business Meeting, 2011	157
Treasurer’s Summary 2011	160

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Volume 43
(2010)
issued
2011

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John William Wevers (1919–2010): A Biographical Note Albert Pietersma and Peter J. Gentry	2
The Potential of Linguistic Criteria for Dating Septuagint Books T. V. Evans	5
The Usages of δίδωμι in the Septuagint: Its Interpretation and Translation Paul Danove	23
The Duration of the LXX-Pentateuch Project Theo A. W. van der Louw	41
The Aramaic Background of the Seventy: Language, Culture and History Jan Joosten	53
Methodological Remarks ont he Textual History of Reigns: A Response to Siegried Kreuzer T. M. Law and Tuukka Kauhanen	73
A Reply to T. M. Law and T. Kauhanen, “Methodological Remarks…” Siegfried Kreuzer	89
Lesarten aus der Zürcher Bibel in der Septuaginta-Übersetzung von Charles Thomson: Beispiele aus dem Jeremiabuch Herbert Migsch	97
Dissertation Abstract
The Information Structure of the Book of Esther in the Septuagint Ken Chan	113
The Proto-Lucianic Problem in 1 Samuel Tuukka Kauhanen	114
Featured Book Review
Muraoka, T., A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint John A. L. Lee	115
Short Book Reviews
deSilva, David A., 4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus Tessa Rajak	126
Glenny, W. Edward, Finding Meaning in the Text: Translation Technique and Theology in the Septuagint of Amos Jennifer Dines	128
Gorea, Maria, Job repensé ou trai? Omissions et raccourcis de la Septante Claude Cox	129
Leisering, Christina, Susanna und der Sündenfall der Ältesten: Eine vergleichende Studie zu den Geschlechterkonstruktionen der Septuaginta- und Theodotionfassung von Dan 13 und ihren intertextuellen Bezügen (Exegese in unserer Zeit 19) Helmut Engel	132
Stichel, Rainer, Beiträge zur frühen Geschichte des Psalters und zur Wirkungsgeschichte der Psalmen Albert Pietersma	135
Taylor, Bernard A., Analytical Lexicon to the Septuagint, expanded edition Frank Shaw	134
IOSCS Matters
Program in Helsinki	141
Program in Atanta, U.S.A.	146
Treasurer’s Summary	148
Announcement
A Tool for Studying the Greek Text of 2 Samuel / 2 Reigns 1-14 and its Manuscripts	149

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Volume 42
(2009)
issued
February, 2010

Articles
A Cultic Term (ἁμαρτία) in the Septuagint: Its Meaning and Use from the Third Century B.C.E. until the New Testament Dirk Büchner	p. 1
Greek Exodus and Greek Isaiah: Detection and Implications of Interdependence in Translation Larry Perkins	18
Translation and Recensions: Old Greek, Kaige, and Antiochene Text in Samuel and Reigns Siegfried Kreuzer	34
One Text, Two Interpretations: Habakkuk OG and MT Compared David Cleaver-Bartholomew	52
Le débat sur le divorce en Malachie 2:16a et l’ambivalence de la LXX Innocent Himbaza	68
Innovation and Translation: Hellenistic Architecture in Septuagint Ezekiel 40–48 Daniel M. O’Hare	80
The Complutensian Polyglot, the Text of Sirach, and a Lost Greek Word John A. L. Lee	96
Dissertation Abstract
A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of the Book of Canticles, with Emphasis on Their Reception in Greek Christian Exegesis Reinhart Ceulemans	109
Featured Book Review
Wolfgang Kraus and Martin Karrer, eds., Septuaginta Deutsch: Das griechische Alte Testament in deutscher Übersetzung M. N. van der Meer	111
Book Reviews
Abate, Emma, La fine del regno di Sedecia A. Sérandour	120
Aejmelaeus, Anneli, On the Trail of the Septuagint Translators: Collected Essays C. Boyd-Taylor	122
Cohen, Naomi G., Philo’s Scriptures: Citations from the Prophets and Writings: Evidence for a Haftarah Cycle in Second Temple Judaism S. J. K. Pearce	127
Fabry, Heinz-Josef, and Dieter Böhler, eds., Im Brennpunkt: Die Septuaginta. Band 3: Studien zur Theologie, Anthropologie, Ekklesiologie und Liturgie der Griechischen Bibel J. Joosten	129
Fernández Marcos, Natalio, Septuaginta: la Biblia griega de judíos y cristianos; and Fernández Marcos, Natalio, and Ma Victoria Spottorno Díaz-Caro (Coordinadores), La Biblia griega: Septuaginta. I: El Pentateuco M. Silva	130
Kim, Jong-Hoon, Die hebräischen und griechischen Textformen der Samuel- und Königsbücher: Studien zur Textgeschichte ausgehend von 2Sam 15,1–19,9 N. Fernández Marcos	132
Kohlenberger, John R., ed., The Comparative Psalter: Hebrew (MasoreticText), Revised Standard Version Bible, the New English Translation of the Septuagint, Greek (Septuagint) R. G. Wooden	134
Lemmelijn, Bénédicte, A Plague of Texts? A Text-Critical Study of the So-Called ‘Plagues Narrative’ in Exodus 7:14–11:10 L. Perkins	135
Littman, Robert J., The Book of Tobit in Codex Sinaiticus H. Engel	137
Mélèze Modrzejewski, Joseph, Troisième Livre des Maccabées M. Alexandre	140
Rajak, Tessa, Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora Chris Seeman	143
Schwartz, Daniel R., 2 Maccabees T. Nicklas	145
Troxel, Ronald L., LXX-Isaiah as Translation and Interpretation: The Strategies of the Translator of the Septuagint of Isaiah A. van der Kooij	147
IOSCS Matters
Program in Boston, U.S.A.	153
IOSCS Minutes, Annual Business Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia	154
Treasurer’s Summary	156
Einladung zur Tagung	158

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Volume 41
(2008)
issued
November, 2008

Editorial	p. 1
Articles
Hellenizing Women in the Biblical Tradition: The Case of LXX Genesis Stefan Schorch	3
ΚΥΡΙΟΣ: Articulation and non-Articulation in Greek Exodus Larry Perkins	17
Proto-Lucian and 4QSam^a Richard J. Saley	34
Bemerkungen zu Strukturen und theologischen Akzentsetzungen im LXX-Psalter: Dargestellt an Ps 82[83] Stefan Seiler	63
Nilus of Ancyra on Proper Names: Considering the Philological (Hexaplaric?) Value of the Canticles Catenae Reinhart Ceulemans	59
Differences in Order of Sentences, Lines, and Verses in the Hebrew and Greek Texts of Ben Sira Anssi Voitila	76
The Epigraphic Habit and the Biblical Text: Inscriptions as a Source for the Study of the Greek Bible David Lincicum	84
The Septuagint in Premodern Study: A Bibliography Alexis Léonas	93
Featured Book Review
Review of A. Pietersma, and B. G. Wright, eds., A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included under that Title M. N. van der Meer	114
Book Reviews
Review of S. Brayford, Genesis R. J. V. Hiebert	122
Review of R. J. Decker, Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers G. Walser	125
Review of P. Hugo, Les deus visages d'Élie: Texxte massorétique et Septante dans l'histoire la plus ancienne du texte de 1 Rois 17–18 P. van Keulen	126
Review of D. Jongkind, Scribal Habits of Codex Sinaiticus U. Schmid	128
Review of W. Kraus and R. G. Wooden, eds., Septuagint Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek Jewish Scriptures D. Buchner	132
Review of S. Kreuzer and J. P. Lesch, eds., Im Brennpunkt: Die Septuaginta. Studien zur Entstehung und Bedeutung der Griechischen Bibel, Band 2 J. Joosten	135
Review of T. A. W. van der Louw, Transformations in the Septuagint: Towards an Interaction of Septuagint Studies and Translation Studies J. de Waard	137
Review of G. H. Patterson, The Septuagint Text of Hosea Compared with the Massoretic Text J. Dines	138
Review of J. T. Pennington, Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew D. M. Gurtner	139
Review of T. Rajak, S. Pearce, J. Aitken, and J. Dines, Jewish Perspectives on Hellenistic Rulers, Hellenistic Culture and Society S. Kreuzer	140
Review of P. S. F. Van Keulen, Two Versions of the Solomon Narrative. An Inquiry into the Relationship between MT 1 Kgs. 2–11 and LXX 3 Reg. 2–11 B. A. Taylor	143
Review of G. Veltri, Libraries, Translations, and ‘Canonic’ Texts: The Septuagint, Aquilla and Ben Sira in the Jewish and Christian Traditions L. M. McDonald	144
Review of A. Wasserstein and D. J. Wasserstein, The Legend of the Septuagint: From Classical Antiquity to Today B. G. Wright	147
Review of S. Zandstra, The Witness of the Vulgate, Peshitta and Septuagint to the Text of Zephaniah J. Dines	148
IOSCS Matters
Program in Ljubljana, Slovenia	150
Program in San Diego, U.S.A.	153
IOSCS General Business Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia	154
Treasurer’s Summary	156

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Volume 40
(2007)
issued
December, 2007

Articles
Five Papyrus Fragments of Greek Exodus David A. deSilva	p. 1
A History of Research on Origen’s Hexapla: From Masius to The Hexapla Project T. M. Law	30
Looking for Fragments of the Syrohexapla: The Song of Hannah in Barbareriniani Orientali 2 as a Test Case Marketta Liljeström	49
Greek Lucianic Doublets and 4QSam^a Richard J. Saley	63
Traces of the Proto-Lucianic Text Tuukka Kauhanen	75
Lost in Reconstruction? On Hebrew and Greek Reconstructions in 2 Sam 24 Anneli Aejmelaeus	89
Translating Hebrew Poetry in Greek Poetry: The Case of Exodus 15 Deborah Levine Gera	107
“The Lord is a Warrior” — “The Lord Who Shatters Wars”: Exod 15:3 and Jdt 9:7; 16:2 Larry Perkins	121
IOSCS Matters
Program in Washington	139
General Business Meeting	142
Treasurer’s Report	144
Book Reviews
Review of Hanna Kahana, Juxtaposition of the Septuagint Translation with the Hebrew Text Petra Versijs	150
Review of Frank Polak and Galen Marquis, A Classified Index of the Minuses of the Septuagint. Part I: Introduction. Part II: The Pentateuch Robert J. V. Hiebert	153
Review of Claire Mathews McGinnis and Patricia K. Tull, eds., “As Those Who Are Taught”: The Interpretation of Isaiah from the LXX to the SBL Moisës Silva	155

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Volume 39
(2006)
issued
October, 2006

Articles from the Panel Discussion, "LXX and Descriptive Translation Studies" The following five papers from the Panel Discussion "LXX and Descriptive Translation Studies—Making the Connection: The Case for Locating Septuagint and Targum Research within the Framework of Descriptive Translation Studies" were originally presented at the Twelfth Congress of the IOSCS at Leiden, The Netherlands, on July 30, 2004.
LXX and DTS: A New Archimedean Point for Septuagint Studies? Albert Pietersma	p. 1
A Handful of Methodological Issues in DTS: Are They Applicable to the Study of the Septuagint as an Assumed Translation? Gideon Toury	13
Toward the Analysis of Translational Norms: A Sighting Shot Cameron Boyd-Taylor	27
The Letter of Aristeas and the Reception History of the Septuagint Benjamin G. Wright III	47
Locating Targum in the Textual Polysystem of Rabbinic Pedagogy Steven D. Fraade	69
Articles
Bisectioning of Greek Jeremiah: A Problem to Be Revisited? Tony S. L. Michael	93
᾿Εξαγωγή or ῎Εξοδος: What Changed and Why Larry Perkins	105
Charles Thomson: Philadelphia Patriot and Bible Translator Harold P. Scanlin	115
Dissertation Abstracts
A Linguistic and Exegetical Commentary on the Hallelouia Psalms of the Septuagint Jannes Smith	133
“Let Us Sing to the Lord”: The Biblical Odes in the Codex Alexandrinus James A. Miller	135
IOSCS Matters
Program in Philadelphia	137
General Business Meeting	139
Treasurer’s Report	141
In memoriam Udo Quast	145
U. Quast, Ruth: An Appreciation	147
Book Review
Review of Sylvie Honigman, The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria Karen H. Jobes	151

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Volume 38
(2005)
issued
August, 2006

Articles
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint John William Wevers	p. 1
The Septuagint in the Peshitta and Syro-Hexapla Translations of Amos 1:3–2:16 Petra Verwijs	25
Tying It All Together: The Use of Particles in Old Greek Job Claude Cox	41
Rhetoric and Poetry in Greek Ecclesiastes James K. Aitken	55
Calque-culations — Loan Words and the Lexicon Cameron Boyd-Taylor	79
Gleanings of a Septuagint Lexicographer Takamitsu Muraoka	101
Dissertation Abstract
The Septuagint’s Translation of the Hebrew Verbal System in Chronicles Roger Blythe Good	109
IOSCS Matters
Program in Leiden	111
Executive Committee Meeting	115
Business Meeting	118
Executive Report on Critical Texts	119
Treasurer’s Report	123
In memoriam Pierre Sandevoir	127
Book Reviews
Review of Adam Kamesar, Jerome, Greek Scholarship and the Hebrew Bible Alison Salvesen	129
Review of Kristin De Troyer, Rewriting the Sacred Text: What the Old Greek Texts Tell Us about the Literary Growth of the Bible Robert J. V. Hiebert	132
Review of Maarten J. J. Menken, Matthew’s Bible: The Old Testament Text of the Evangelist Daniel M. Gurtner	135
Review of Jan Joosten and Philippe Le Moigne, eds., L’apport de la Septante aux études sur l’Antiquité R. Timothy McLay	136
Review of Zipora Talshir, I Esdras: From Origin to Translation and I Esdras: A Text Critical Commentary R. Glenn Wooden	138
Review of M. Christine Tetley, The Reconstructed Chronology of the Divided Kingdom Frank Shaw	140
Review of Gerhard Tauberschmidt, Secondary Parallelism: A Study of Translation Technique in LXX Proverbs Johann Cook	148
Revew of Jean-Marie Auwers, Concordance du Siracide (grec II et Sacra Parallela) Benjamin G. Wright III	149
Review of Moshe H. Goshen-Gottstein and Shemaryahu Talmon, eds., The Hebrew University Bible: The Book of Ezekiel Steven S. Tuell	150

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Volume 37
(2004)
issued
2005

Articles
Reassessing the Impact of Barthélemy’s Devanciers, Forty Years Later Robert A. Kraft	p. 1
The Relationship between the Greek Translations of Daniel 1–3 R. Timothy McLay	29
Lexicography and Interlanguage — Gaining our Bearings Cameron Boyd-Taylor	55
Lexicography and the Translation of a Translation: The NETS Version and the Septuagint of Genesis Robert J. V. Hiebert	73
Divine Name and Paragraphing in Ezekiel: Highlighting Divine Speech in an Expanding Tradition John W. Olley	87
Lexicography and Translation: Experiences, Examples, and Expectations in the Context of the Septuaginta-Deutsch Project Siegfried Kreuzer	107
IOSCS Matters
Program in Atlanta	119
Business Meeting	120
Treasurer’s Report	123
Book Reviews
Review of T. Muraoka, A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint: Chiefly of the Pentateuch and the Twelve Prophets John A. L. Lee	127
Review of Johan Lust, Erik Eynikel, and Katrin Hauspie, A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint, Revised edition Dirk Büchner	139
Review of A. Schenker, ed., The Earliest Text of the Hebrew Bible: The Relationship between the Masoretic Text and the Hebrew Base of the Septuagint Reconsidered R. Timothy McLay	147
Review of Bernard A.Taylor, John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton, and Richard E. Whitaker, eds., Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography. Essays in Honor of Frederick W. Danker Claude E. Cox	149

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Volume 36
(2003)
issued
September, 2004

Editorial	p. 1
Articles
Ζω εγω, λεγει Κυριος, ει μεν. . . dans la Septante d’Ézéchiel Katrin Hauspie	3
A New Manuscript of Jeremiah in Greek according to the Lucianic Recension (de Hamel MS 391; Rahlfs 897) Peter M. Head	27
"Heaven" and "Heavens" in the LXX: Exploring the Relationship Between shamayim and ουρανος Jonathan T. Pennington	39
The Septuagint and/in Popular Culture Leonard Greenspoon	61
The NETS Translation of 1 Reigns: Lexical Issues Bernard A. Taylor	75
Critical Notes
Critical Note on Job 2:8: Ash-Heap or Dung-Heap? Timothy J. Johnson	87
An Almost Unknown Translation of the Greek Bible into Italian Giancarlo Toloni	93
Dissertation Abstract
La version de la Septante d’Ézéchiel: traduction annotée d’Ézéchiel 1-24 et étude du grec d’Ézéchiel par une sélection de particularités lexicales et grammaticales Katrin Hauspie	103
IOSCS Matters
Program For The IOSCS Meetings In Toronto: November 23–26, 2002	105
Business Meeting: Annual Meeting in Toronto, November 24, 2002	107
Treasurer’s Report	109
Book Reviews
Review of John A. L. Lee, A History of New Testament Lexicography Anne Thompson	113
Review of Kristin De Troyer, The End of the Alpha Text of Esther: Translation and Narrative Technique in MT 8:1–17, LXX 8:1–17, and AT 7:14–41 Jessie Rogers	127
Review of R. Timothy McLay, The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research Glenn Wooden	130
Review of Georg Walser, The Greek of the Ancient Synagogue: An Investigation on the Greek of the Septuagint, Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament John A. L. Lee	134
Review of Martin Hengel, The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon R. Timothy McLay	139
Review of Martha Jane Wade, Consistency of Translation Technique in the Tabernacle Accounts of Exodus in the Old Greek John W. Wevers	143
Revew of Lino Cignelli and Rosario Pierri, Sintassi di greco biblico (LXX e NT) Moisés Silva	145
Review of Rosario Pierri, Parole del Profeta Amos. Il libro di Amos secondo i LXX Moisés Silva	146
Review of Robert J. V. Hiebert, Claude E. Cox, and Peter J. Gentry, eds. The Old Greek Psalter: Studies in Honour of Albert Pietersma Frederick W. Knobloch	149
Review of Raija Sollamo and Seppo Sipilä, eds. Helsink i Perspectives on the Translation Technique of the Septuagint Claude Cox	153
Review of Vivian Maria Hartley, The Psalter According to the Seventy Craig Evans	155

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Volume 35
(2002)
issued
December, 2003

Program for the IOSCS Meeting in Denver, November 17–20, 2001	p. 1
Treasurer's Report	5
News and Notes	8
Varia	16
Record of Work Published or in Progress	24
In Memoriam Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen Raija Sollamo	37
Book Reviews
Review of J. W. Wevers, Notes on the Greek Text of Numbers Peter W. Flint	40
Response to James Barr's Review of Invitation to the Septuagint Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva	43
Articles
נחשׁ-ΟΦΙΣ: Genesis 3 und Jesaja 27,1 auch im Lichte von I Kön. 22,19-23. Hi. 1,6-12; 2,1-7 und Sach. 3,1-2 Evangelia G. Dafni	47
Jeremiah 52: Thackeray and Beyond Jannes Smith	55
“Transcription Technique” and the Text of the Greek Genesis Frederick W. Knobloch	97
Does ἀδολεσχέω Mean “To Meditate” in the LXX? Oleg Lazarenco	110
Some Notes on the Greek Text of Genesis in the Common Editions Moshe A. Zipor	121

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Volume 34
(2001)
issued
February, 2003

Minutes of the IOSCS Meetings, Nashville and Basel

In Memoriam: Dominique Barthélemy

James R. Adair

Review of K. Jobes and M. Silva, Invitation to the Septuagint

Jannes Smith

A German Translation of the Septuagint

Siegfried Kreuzer

The Evidentiary Value of Septuagintal Usage for Greek Lexicography: Alice's Reply to Humpty Dumpty

Cameron Boyd-Taylor

Intertextuality in the Septuagint: The Case of Isaiah 19

Mirjam Croughs

A Study of Articulation in the Greek Ruth

Kenneth J. Turner

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Volume 33
(Fall, 2000)
issued
June, 2001

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Boston

Review of Hatch and Redpath's Concordance to the Septuagint, 2^nd edition

Johann Cook

Web Review: The Christian Classics Ethereal Library, et al.

Frederick Knobloch

A Note on the Syntactic Analysis of Greek Translations and Compositions

T. P. Hutchinson and D. Cairns

How to Analyse and Translate the Idiomatic Phrase 'Miy Yitten,'

Takamitsu Muraoka

Evaluating Lexical Consistency in the Old Greek Bible

Martha L. Wade

Translation Technique in LXX Genesis and Its Implications for the NETS Version

Robert J. V. Hiebert

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Volume 32
(Fall, 1999)
issued
Summer, 2000

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Helsinki
"On the Text-Critical Value of Septuagint Genesis: A Reply to Rösel," by Ronald S. Hendel
"Reassessing the Text-Critical Value of LXX-Genesis 1: A Response to Rösel," by William P. Brown
"Review of N. Fernández Marcos' Introducción a las versiones griegas de la Biblia," by Moisés Silva
"Web Reviews: The CATSS Database," by Tim McLay
"Web Reviews: Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis," by Frederick Knobloch
"The Septuagint and the Magical Papyri: Some Preliminary Notes," by Alexis Leonas
"Apologia pro Vita Mea: Reflections of a Career in Septuagint Studies," by John William Wevers

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Volume 31
(Fall, 1998)
issued
August, 1999

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Oslo
"Prospectus for IOSCS-Sponsored LXX Commentary Series" (available online)
"Web Reviews: The Perseus Digital Library; 'The Unbound Bible,'" by Frederick Knobloch
"The Text-Critical Value of Septuagint-Genesis," by Martin Rösel
"A Place in the Sun," by Cameron Boyd-Taylor

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Volume 30
(Fall, 1997)
issued
January, 1999

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, San Francisco
"Response to Tim McLay," by Karen Jobes
"The 'Accordance' Search Program for the MT, LXX, and the CATSS Database," by Emanuel Tov (available as PDF file, readable with Acrobat Reader)
"The Greek Translation of 'Yehudah' in the Book of Jeremiah," by Paul D. McLean
"Esther's Great Adventure," Cameron Boyd-Taylor

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Volume 29
(Fall, 1996)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Cambridge, England
"Syntactic Profiles and the Characteristics of Revision: A Response to Karen Jobes," by Tim McLay
"Drei Studien zur Übersetzungstechnik des griechischen Josuabuches," by Cornelis G. den Hertog
"The Lucianic Text of 1 Reigns: Three Texts Compared and Contrasted," by Bernard Taylor

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Volume 28
(Fall, 1995)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Chicago IL
"A Comparative Syntactic Analysis of the Greek Versions of Daniel: A Test Case for New Methodology," by Karen H. Jobes
"Übersetzung als Vollendung der Auslegung: Studien zur Genesis-Septuaginta" (Abstract), by Martin Rösel
"Anmerkungen zu Margolis' The Book of Joshua in Greek," by Cornelis G. den Hertog

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Volume 27
(Fall, 1994)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Washington DC
"Cultic Vocabulary in the Septuagint," by Gary Alan Chamberlain
"The Septuagint Translation of the Book of Joshua" (Abstract), by Lea Mazor
"The Variation Between βαιθλεεμ and βηθλεεμ," by Saul Levin

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Volume 26
(Fall, 1993)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Paris, France
"Some Remarks on the Perfect Indicative in the LXX," by Anssi Voitila
"A Note to the Users of Margolis' Joshua-Edition," by Seppo Sipila
"Recent Spanish Research on the Biblical Texts," Natalio Fernández-Marcos

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Volume 25
(Fall 1992)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: Nov 24, 1991, Bartle Hall, Kansas City
Treasurer's Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Progress
Ἔσχατος and Eschatology in LXX-Isaiah" by Ronald L. Troxel
"The CATSS Variant Database: An Evaluation" by Bernard A. Taylor
IOSCS Directory

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Volume 24
(Fall, 1991)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, New Orleans
"The Perfect Indicative in Septuagint Genesis," by Timothy P. Scher
"Some Septuagintal Pluses in Judges 20 and 21," by P. E. Satterthwaite

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Volume 23
(Fall, 1990)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Leuven
"The Story of David and Goliath (1Sam 17-18): Textual Viariants and Literary Composition," by Julio Trebolle
"Evaluating Minority Variants Within Families of Greek Manuscripts," by Bernard Taylor

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Volume 22
(Fall, 1989)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Chicago
"In Memoriam Joseph Ziegler" by Robert Hanhart
"A Critique of Sven Soderlund's The Greek Text of Jeremiah," by J. Gerald Janzen

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Volume 21
(Fall, 1988)

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Boston
"Barthélemy and Proto-Septuagint Studies," by John William Wevers
"The Septuagint Version of Isaiah 23:1-14 and the Massoretic Text," by Peter W. Flint
"The Unity of the Minor Prophets in the Septuagint," by C. Robert Harrison Jr.

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Volume 20
Fall 1987

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: August 21-22, 1986, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Treasurer's Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Progress
"The Use and Abuse of the Term 'LXX' and Related Terminology in Recent Scholarship" by Leonard Greenspoon
"Hellenistic Influence in the Book of Proverbs (Septuagint)?" by Johann Cook
"The Septuagint of Jonah: Aspects of Literary Analysis Applied to Biblical Translation" by Larry Perkins

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Volume 19
Fall 1986

A Note of Appreciation (to Eugene Ulrich)
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: November 23, 1985, Anaheim Hilton
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Process
"1 Kings 8: A Sample Study" by Steven L. McKensie

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Volume 18
Fall 1985

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: December 9, 1984, Palmer House, Chicago
Treasurer's Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Process
"An Apologia for Septuagint Studies" by John William Wevers
IOSCS Directory

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Volume 17
Fall 1984

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: August 27, 1983, Salamanca, Spain
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Process
"The Stratigraphy of the Text of Daniel and the Question of Theological Tendenz in the Old Greek" by Sharon Pace
"The Use of a Computerized Data Base for Septuagint Research: The Greek-Hebrew Parallel Alignment" by Emanuel Tov
"The Use of the Computerized Data Base for the Study of Septuagint Revisions" by Paul Lippi

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Volume 16
Fall 1983

"In Memoriam Isac Leo Seeligmann" by Robert Hanhart
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: December 19, 1982, New York Hilton, NY
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Progress
"Palimpsestus Vindobonensis: A Revised Edition of OL 115 for Samuel-Kings" by Bonifatius Fischer with the collaboration of Eugene Ulrich and Judith E. Sanderson
- Introduction
- Text

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Volume 15
Fall 1982

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, December 21, 1981, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Progress
"Redaction, Recension, and Midrash in the Books of Kings" by Julio Trebolle
"A Short Commentary on Some Verses of the Old Greek of Isaiah 23" by Arie van der Kooij
"Guidelines for Editions of Armenian Biblical Texts" by Michael E. Stone and Claude E. Cox

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Volume 14
Fall 1981

"In Memoriam Henry Snyder Gehman" by John William Wevers
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: August 22-23, University of Vienna
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: November 8, 1980, Loews Anatole Hotel, Dallas
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Works Published or in Progress
"The Discovery of the Missing Part of Margolis' Edition of Joshua" by Emanuel Tov
"Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies" by Robert A. Kraft and Emanuel Tov
Septuagint Abstracts
- "Repetitions of Possessive Pronouns in the Greek Pentateuch" by Raija Sollamo
- "Der Theodotion-Text von Daniel und die Symmachus-Übersetzung" by J. R. Busto Saiz
- "The Sequence of Ez 36-40 and the Omission of Ez 36,23c-38 in Pap. 967 and in Codex Wirceburgensis" by J. Lust
- "ἐν für εἶς in der Septuaginta" by Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen (no abstract)
- "A Computer Generated Descriptive Lexicon of the LXX and Theodotionic Texts of Daniel" by R. A. Martin
- "'Homophony' in the Septuagint" by J. de Waard
- "Problèmes de méthode posés par l'emploi du concept d'anthropomorphisme dans les études septantistes" by Olivier Munnich
- "Participium coniunctum as a Criterion of Translation Technique" by Anneli Aejmelaeus
- "On the Place of Origin of the Old Greek of the Psalms" by A. van der Kooij
- "A Report on the Critical Edition of the Armenian Old Testament" by Claude Cox
- "Die Theodoretus-Ausgabe von 'Quaestiones in Reges et Paralipomena'" by N. Fernándes Marcos
- "Aquila's Translation and Rabbinic Exegesis" by Lester L. Grabbe
- "The Angelology and Demonology in the Septuagint of the Book of Job" by John G. Gammie

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Volume 13
Fall 1980

A Note of Appreciation (to George E. Howard)
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: November 15, 1979, New York Statler Hotel (Buffalo Room), NY
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published or in Progress
"The Divine Name in Qumran, in the Masada Scroll, and in the Septuagint" by Patrick W. Skehan
"Kaige and Other Recensional Developments in the Greek Text of Judges" by Walter Ray Bodine
"The Translator of the Septuagint of Isaiah and 'Righteousness'" by John W. Olley

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Volume 12
Fall 1979

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: November 19, 1978, Marriot Hotel (Galvez), New Orleans, LA
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
"Lexicon Project: Progress Report" by Robert Kraft
"Prophetic Interpretation in the Septuagint" by F. F. Bruce
"Renderings of the Hebrew Comparative Expressions with MIN in the Greek Pentateuch" by Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen
"Max L. Margolis on the Complutensian Text of Joshua" by Leonard Greenspoon

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Volume 11
Fall 1978

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: August 19-20, 1977, Theologicum of the University
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
"Mitteilung" by R. Hanhart
"New Developments in the Study of the Ecrits Intertestamentaires with a Request" by James H. Charlesworth and Albert-Marie Denis
"Describing Meaning in the LXX Lexicon" by Moises Silva
"Theordoret's Biblical Text in the Octateuch" by N. Fernández-Marcos
"The So-Called 'L' Text of Psalms 72-82" by L. J. Perkins
Septuagint Abstracts
- "Einige Beiträge der Vetus Latina für die Wiederherstellung des griechischen Textes Tobit" by J. R. Busto-Saiz
- "Das Problem des griechischen Textes im Complutenser 'Dodekapropheton'" by N. Fernández-Marcos
- "The Sigla 'Lambda Omicron' ([lambda with small omicron beneath])' in I-II Kings-LXX" by N. Fernández-Marcos

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Volume 10
Fall 1977

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: October 29, 1976, Breckenridge Hotel, St. Louis, MO
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
"Translating the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: A Report of International Projects" by James H. Charlesworth
"Notes on the Letter of Aristeas" by R. J. H. Shutt
"Cyril of Alexandria's Text for Deuteronomy" by Claude E. Cox
IOSCS Directory

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Volume 9
Fall 1976

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Saturday, Nov 1, 1975, Palmer House, Chicago
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published, in Hand or Projected
Septuagint Abstracts
"Some Thoughts on a Lexicon of the LXX" by Emanuel Tov
"The 'Value' of the Bohairic Printed Editions" by M. K. H. Peters

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Volume 8
Fall 1975

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Friday, October 25, 1974, The Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
Financial Report
News and Notes
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
Septuagint Abstracts
"The Göttingen Septuagint" by J. W. Wevers
"4QSam^a and Septuagintal Research" by Eugene C. Ulrich

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Volume 7
Fall 1974

"In Memoriam: Sidney Jellicoe" by the editor (G. Howard)
Note of Appreciation (to Bernard Scharfstein)
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Saturday, November 10, 1973, The Palmer House, Chicago, IL
News and Notes
Record of Work Completed, In Hand or Projected
"Greek and Coptic Inedita of the Chester Beatty Library" by A. Pietersma
Septuagint Abstracts
- "Le personnage de Baruch et l'histoire du livre de Jérémie: Aux origines du livre de Baruch" by Pierre-Maurice Bogaert
- "Ben Sira and the Dating of the Septuagint" by G. B. Caird
- "A Fragment of an Early Recension of the Greek Exodus" by G. I. Davies
- "Comparaison entre les confessions des péchés de Néhémie 9 et Daniel 3 Théod." by M. P. Gilbert
- "In Search of an Antiochian Text of the Septuagint: Theordoret's 'Quaestiones in Octateuchum'" by N. Fernández Marcos and A. Saenz-Badillos
- "A Reconsideration of the Old Testament Apocryphal (Deuterocanonical) Books and their Value and Authority" by C. W. C. Quin
- "The Rendering of the Hebrew Relative Clause in the Greek Pentateuch" by I. Soisalon-Soininen
- "The Status of Septuagintal Studies" by W. F. Stinespring
- "The Character of the Septuagint Translation of Baruch and the Canonical Status of the Book" by E. Tov
- "Rabbinic-Type Commentary in the LXX Version of Proverbs" by J. Weingreen

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Volume 6
Fall 1973

From the President (John Wm Wevers)
Congratulations (to S. Jellicoe, H. Orlinsky, J.W. Wevers)
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Sept 2-5, 1972, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
"SNTS Seminar on 'The Greek New Testament and the Septuagint'" by Robert A. Kraft
"Some Cognate Studies to the Septuagint" by J. H. Charlesworth
Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected
"A Lucianic Recension in Genesis?" by J. W. Wevers

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Volume 5
Summer 1972

Editorial (by Sidney Jellicoe)
Uppsala: August, 1971
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Thursday, Oct. 28, 1971: Regency Hyatt House, Atlanta, GA
Uppsala Papers and Reports
- "Some Thoughts on a Grammar and Lexicon of the Septuagint" by W. Eisenbeis
- "Papyri 961 and 962 of the Greek Genesis" by A. Pietersma
- "Studies in the Theology of the Greek Psalter" by Charles T. Fritsch
- "Some Remarks on the Daughter Versions of the Septuagint" by Bo Johnson
- "The Use of Paralipomena in the Textual Criticism of Chronicles" by L. C. Allen
- "A Re-examination of the Two-translator Theory of a Septuagint Book" by T. Muraoka
- "Syntax of Translation-technique" by Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen
- "Biblia Polyglotta Matritensia" by N. Fernández Marcos and A. Saenz-Badillos
- "Rapport concernant le projet de Leyde-Louvain sur les Pseudépigraphes d'Ancien Testament" by A.-M. Denis
- "The Ethiopic Text of II Paralipomenon" by J. Clear
- "On Certain Aspects of the Septuagint of Joel" by F. F. Bruce
Atlanta Papers
- "Ancient Textual Criticism and the Rule, brevior lectio potior" by George Howard
- "On the Origins of the LXX Additions to the Book of Esther" by Carey A. Moore
- "The Septuagint Manuscript e₂" by Stanley D. Walters
- "Some Comments on the Kaige Recension" by Sidney Jellicoe
Cognate Societies
Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected

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Volume 4
October 1971

Editorial (by Sidney Jellicoe)
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Sunday, Oct. 25, 1970, Hotel New Yorker, New York City
Abstracts of Papers Delivered at the IOSCS Meeting in New York, October 25, 1970
- "Toward a Lexicon and Grammar of the Septuagint" by Walter Eisenbeis
- "The Biblical Text of Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (LAB)" by Daniel J. Harrington
- "The Letter of Aristeas: A Re-evaluation" by George E. Howard
- "Josephus and Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities" by Louis H. Feldman
- "The Phenomenon of the LXX" (Summary) by S. P. Brock
Cognate Enterprises
Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected
Corrigenda to Bulletin 3

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Volume 3
October 1970

Editorial (by Sidney Jellicoe)
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Wednesday, Nov 19, 1969, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada
"The Future of Septuagint Studies: A Brief Survey" by C. T. Fritsch
"The Arabic Versions of Genesis and the Septuagint" by J. W. Wevers
"Data Processing the Bible: A Consideration of the Potential Use of the Computer in Biblical Studies" by Kent L. Smith
Notices:
- "Pseudepigrapha Project",
- "Un Inventaire général des citations de la Bible Greque",
- "SNTS Seminar: 'The Greek New Testament and the Septuagint'"
- Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected

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Volume 2
October 1969

A Message from the President (H. M. Orlinsky)
Editorial (by S. Jellicoe)
Organizational Meeting of IOSCS (In conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature), Dec. 19th 1968
Abstracts:
- "Septuagint Studies in the Current Century: A Brief Survey" by S. Jellicoe
- "The Future of Septuagint Studies: A Brief Survey" by Charles T. Fritsch
- "A LXX Problem: Intentional and Unintentional Changes in the Greek Text of Esther" by Carey A. Moore
- "The Göttingen Septuagint" by John Wm. Wevers
- "Translation Technique and Jewish Greek Idiom: Some Examples and Prospects" by Robert A. Kraft
- "American Textual Criticism: The American Scene" by Bruce M. Metzger
- "American Textual Criticism, 1968 -- Future Tasks" J.D. Shenkel

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Volume 1
June 1968

Record of Work Recently Completed, In Hand, or Projected
Coordination Project for Septuagintal and Cognate Studies. Bulletin No 1, June 1968
Volume 1, originally published on mimeographed pages, was reprinted at the end of Volume 2.

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