JSCS Contents

The Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (JSCS)
formerly, The Bulletin of the International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (BIOSCS)
ISSN 0145-3890

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).

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 44
(2011)
issued
March, 2013

Editorial	p. 3
Articles
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

BIOSCS
Volume 43
(2010)
issued
2011

Editorial	p. 1
Articles
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 33

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 32

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 31

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 30

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 29

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

PDF of volume 28

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 27

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 26

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 25

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 24

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 23

BIOSCS
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

PDF of volume 22

BIOSCS
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.

PDF of volume 21

BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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BIOSCS
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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IOSCS Matters

Editorial

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Dissertation Abstract

Featured Book Review

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IOSCS Matters

Announcement

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Dissertation Abstract

Featured Book Review

Book Reviews

IOSCS Matters

Editorial

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Featured Book Review

Book Reviews

IOSCS Matters

Articles

IOSCS Matters

Book Reviews

Articles from the Panel Discussion, "LXX and Descriptive Translation Studies"

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Dissertation Abstracts

IOSCS Matters

Book Review

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Dissertation Abstract

IOSCS Matters

Book Reviews

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IOSCS Matters

Book Reviews

Editorial

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Critical Notes

Dissertation Abstract

IOSCS Matters

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

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Notices:

Articles from the Panel Discussion,
"LXX and Descriptive Translation Studies"