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 52 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 1–55. 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.

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JSCS 55
(2022)
issued February, 2023

Articles

Sidney Jellicoe and the Formation of the IOSCS (1967–1969)
William A. Ross		 9
“Superfluous Lines?” Minuses of OG Job in the Context of Alexandrian Scholarship (IOSCS Wevers Prize Paper 2021)
Maximilian Häberlein		 31
Embracing Advances in the Interpretation of LXX Language: A Continuing Challenge for LXX Studies
Trevor V. Evans		 43
Linguistic Interference in Septuagint Genesis
Robert Hiebert		 55
Toward a Characterization of the Translation Technique of 3 Kingdoms
Julian Chicke		 75
The newly discovered fragments of the Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Naḥal Ḥever (8ḤevXIIgr) and the problem of translation standardization
Timothy A. Lee		 89
The Value of Codex Marchalianus for the Greek Text of Isaiah
Ken M. Penner and Benjamin Pass		 103
Notes on Anaphoric Translations from Jeremiah in OG Isaiah 2:1–3
Eric Espinoza		 135
Reconsidering the Textual Background of Mark 4.12: A Hebraizing Revision of LXX Isa 6.10 as a Source of the Quotation
Maria Yurovitskaya		 141
Πόλις ασεδεκ in Isaiah 19:18: a translator’s wordplay or the actual Jewish name for “Leontopolis”?
Mikhail Seleznev		 155
The Death of the Gods in the Old Greek Translation of Job
Bronson Brown-deVost		 165

Dissertation Abstracts

Just literal? The Translation Technique of the Septuagint of the Book of Ruth in the larger Area of Textual Criticism (Diss. abstract)
Beatrice Bonanno		 177
Space in the Book of Judith. Narrative Analysis and Interpretation of Space (Diss. abstract)
Martina Korytiaková		 178
The Course of History Revealed through Dreams and Visions. The Two Greek Versions (Old Greek and Theodotion) of the Dream Reports in Daniel 2 and 4 - Biblical and Greek Influences (Diss. abstract)
Anna Mambelli		 179
The Textual History of Old Latin Daniel from Tertullian to Lucifer (Diss. abstract)
Kevin Zilverberg		 180

Book Reviews

Marieke Dhont, Style and Context of Old Greek Job; Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 183; Leiden: Brill 2017
Urmas Nõmmik		 181
Mark Awabdy, Commentary on Leueitikon in Codex Vaticanus; Septuagint Commentary Series, Leiden: Brill 2019
Robert Walker		 185
Elizabeth H.P. Backfish, Hebrew Wordplay and Septuagint Translation Technique in the Fourth Book of the Psalter; Texts and Versions of the Hebrew Bible 1; London: T&T Clark
Bryan Beeckman		 187
Eberhard Bons / Patrick Pouchelle / Daniela Scialabba (eds.), The Vocabulary of the Septuagint and its Hellenistic Background; WUNT II 496; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2019
Theo van der Louw		 189
Eberhard Bons (ed.), Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint. Volume 1: Alpha-Gamma; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2020
John Meade		 192
William A. Ross and W. Edward Glenny (eds.), T&T Clark Handbook of Septuagint Research; New York: T&T Clark 2021
Martin Rösel		 196
Hayeon Kim, Multiple Authorship of the Septuagint Pentateuch: The Original Translators of the Pentateuch; Supplements to the Textual History of the Bible 4; Brill: Leiden 2020
Travis Wright		 198
Katharina Lentz, Crainte de Dieu, Sagesse et Loi. Aspects théologiques à partir de Si 10,19-11,6; Septuagint and Cognate Studies 72; Atlanta: SBL 2020
Jakub Bluj, O.P.		 200
Klaas Bentein and Mark Janse (eds.), Varieties of Post-Classical and Byzantine Greek; Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 331; Berlin: De Gruyter/Mouton 2021
Andrew T. Keenan		 203
Ken M. Penner, Isaiah. Septuagint Commentary Series. Leiden: Brill 2021
Benjamin M. Austin		 206
Felix Albrecht and Frank Feder (eds.), Editing the Septuagint: The Unfinished Task. Papers presented at the 50th anniversary of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies; DSI 16; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2022
Joshua Alfaro		 207
Johann Cook and Gideon R. Kotzé (eds.), The Septuagint South of Alexandria: Essays on the Greek Translations and Other Ancient Versions by the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa; VTS 193; Leiden/Boston: Brill 2022
Helena Panczová		 210

Errata

Errata to: Illuminating the Path …, 54 (2021) 23-40
Christopher Fresh		 215

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issued 2022

Reports

Septuagint Studies in Austria
Siegfried Kreuzer		 9

In Memoriam

Marguerite Harl (1919-2020)
Cécile Dogniez		 17

Panel on John Lee: The Greek of the Pentateuch

Introduction to the Panel on John Lee: The Greek of the Pentateuch
James K. Aitken and Siegfried Kreuzer		 21
Illuminating the Path Ahead for Septuagint Studies. A Consideration of John A. L. Lee's The Greek of the Pentateuch
Christopher J. Fresch		 23
Multicausality in Septuagint Studies
Marieke Dhont		 41
Linguistic Variation and the Circumstantial Participle in the Septuagint
James K. Aitken		 55

Articles

The Death Penalty in OG Exodus in Light of Graeco-Egyptian Legal Formulations. (Wevers Prize Paper 2020)
Joel Korytko		 75
Στερέωμα in the LXX and Related Literature and the Origin of the Quotation from Genesis in Pseudo-Longinus’s On the Sublime
Mikhail G. Seleznev		 93
The Use of οἰκία/οἶκος in Greek Exodus. An Attempt to Understand Principles of Lexical Variation in Greek Exodus
Larry Perkins and Spencer Elliott		 109
The Marginal Latin (LaM) readings of 2 Samuel. Introduction Old Latin studies of Samuel-Kings
Timo Tekoniemi		 127
The Translator’s Commitment to Preserving an Element of the Linguistic Makeup of the Source Text in Old Greek Job: Hebraisms
Claude Cox		 149

Dissertation Abstracts Reviews

A Game of Thrones: Textual History of 2 Kings 17 in Light of Old Latin
Timo Tapani Tekoniemi		 155
Characterizing Old Greek Deuteronomy as an Ancient Translation
Jean Maurais		 156
A Critical Edition of The Hexaplaric Fragments of Genesis
Philip Suciadi Chia		 157
Theology in the Septuagint of Exodus
John C. Johnson 		158

Book Reviews

Felix Albrecht (ed.), Psalmi Salomonis, Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum. Auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum. vol. XII/3; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2018
Stefan Schreiber 		159
L. Michael White & G. Anthony Keddie, Jewish Fictional Letters from Hellenistic Egypt: The Epistle of Aristeas and Related Literature. Texts and Translations with Notes and Introductions; Writings from the Greco-Roman World 37, Atlanta, GA: SBL Press 2018
Kai Brodersen		 161
Eberhard Bons / Anna Mambelli / Daniela Scialabba (eds.), Exodos. Storia di un vocabolo. (Istituto per le scienze religiose - Bologna / Istituto per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII, Testi, richerche e fonti, nuova serie 62). Bologna: Il Mulino, 2019
Kai Brodersen 		163
Dries De Crom. LXX Song of Songs and Descriptive Translation Studies. De Septuaginta Investigationes; Vol. 11). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019
Joel R. Bell		 165
Gideon R. Kotzé, Wolfgang Kraus, and Michaël N. van der Meer (eds.), XVI Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies; Septuagint and Cognate Studies 71; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press 2019
Marieke Dhont		 167
Peter John Gentry (ed.), Ecclesiastes. Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum Auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum, Band XI,2, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019
Marcus Sigismund		 168
Benjamin M. Austin, Plant Metaphors in the Old Greek of Isaiah. Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 69. Atlanta: SBL Press: 2019
David Allen Baer 		174
Franco Montanari, ed., History of Ancient Greek Scholarship. From the Beginnings to the End of the Byzantine Age. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Dimitrios Papanikolaou		 177
Jonathan Hong, Der ursprüngliche Septuaginta-Psalter und seine Rezensionen. Eine Untersuchung anhand der Septuaginta-Psalmen 2; 8; 33; 49 und 103; Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament 224; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2019
Eberhard Bons		 182
Cécile Dogniez / Philippe Le Moigne (eds.), Les Douze Prophètes dans la LXX : Protocoles et procédures dans la traduction grecque: stylistique, poétique et histoire; Vetus Testamentm Supplementum 180; Leiden: Brill 2019
Theo van der Louw 		185
John D. Meade: A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22–42; Origen’s Hexapla. A Critical Edition of the Extant Fragments; Leuven: Peeters, 2020
Felix Albrecht		 187
Anneli Aejmelaeus / Drew Longacre / Natia Mirotadze (ed.) From Scribal Error to Rewriting: How Ancient Texts Could and Could Not Be Changed (DSI 12), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2020
Craig E. Morrison		 191
Hans Ausloos / Bénédicte Lemmelijn (eds.), Die Theologie der Septuaginta / The Theology of the Septuagint; Handbuch zur Septuaginta, Band 5; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2020
John C. Johnson		 194
Christian Eberhard, Martin Karrer, Siegfried Kreuzer and Martin Meiser (eds.), Tempel, Lehrhaus, Synagoge. Orte jüdischen Lernens und Lebens. Festschrift für Wolfgang Kraus, Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh 2020
Matthias Millard		 197
David Shepherd, et.al.: Septuagint, Targum and Beyond. Comparing Aramaic and Greek Versions from Jewish Antiquity (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 193). Leiden-Boston, MA: E.J. Brill 2020
Michael Tilly		 199

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(2020)
issued January, 2020

Reports

History of Biblical Studies in Georgia
Natia Dundua		 5

Articles

Unitas Vegetabilium? The Greek Rendering of Hebrew Floral, Plant and Herb Names in LXX-Proverbs and LXX-Job (Wevers Prize paper)
Bryan Beeckman		 19
ἀκούειν/είσακούειν in Greek Exodus
Larry Perkins		 43
Recognizing Kaige-readings in Samuel-Kings
Tuukka Kauhanen and Leonardo Pessao		 67
The Samuel Intertexts in the Versions of Esther
Jonathan Thambyrajah		 87
The Pluses of the Vetus Latina of the Book of Esther
Dionisio Candido		 101
Psalms Epimerism
Dimitrios Papanikolaou		 115
From Text to Discourse: Parrhesiastic Speech in Greek Job
Cameron Boyd-Taylor		 133

Book Reviews

Ekaterina Matusova, The Meaning of the Letter of Aristeas. In light of biblical interpretation and grammatical tradition, and with reference to its historical context (FRLANT 260), Göttingen 2015
Laurence Vianès		 145
Elina Perttilä, Sahidic 1 Samuel – A Daughter Version of the Septuagint 1 Reigns (DSI 8), Göttingen, 2017
Frank Feder		 147
Evangelia Dafni, Gottesschau — Gotteserkenntnis. Studien zur Theologie der Septuaginta, Band 1 (WUNT 387), Tübingen 2017
Marieke Dhont		 157
Seulgi L. Byunn, The influence of post-biblical Hebrew and Aramaic on the translator of Septuagint Isaiah (LHB.OTS 635; The Hebrew Bible and its versions 9), London 2017
Maria Gorea		 160
Seulgi L. Byunn, The influence of post-biblical Hebrew and Aramaic on the translator of Septuagint Isaiah (LHB.OTS 635; The Hebrew Bible and its versions 9), London 2017
Rodrigo Franklin de Sousa		 163
Kristin de Troyer, The Ultimate and the Penultimate Text of the Book of Joshua (CBET 100), Leuven 2018
Ville Makipelto		 164
Ville Mäkipelto, Uncovering Ancient Editing. Documented Evidence of Changes in Joshua 24 and Related Texts (BZAW 513), Berlin 2018
Cornelis G. den Hertog		 166
Tuukka Kauhanen, Lucifer of Cagliari and the Text of 1–2 Kings (SCS 68), Atlanta 2018
Julio Trebolle Barreira		 171
Meredith J. Stone, Empire and Gender in LXX Esther (Early Judaism and its Literature 48), Atlanta 2018
Jonathan Homrighausen		 174
Marco Settembrini, Isaia in Egitto. Papiri tolemaici e vicende della comunità giudaica che legge Isaia 58 (Testi del Vicino Oriente antico 6 Letterature ebraica e aramaica 5), Torino 2018
Michaël N. van der Meer		 177
Manfred Pollner, Die Vetus-Latina-Fragmente im Jeremiabuch. Untersuchungen zur Textgestalt und deren Lesartendifferenzen gegenüber LXX und MT unter Berücksichtigung inhaltlich-theologischer Bearbeitungsstufen, (DSI 10), Göttingen 2018
Karin Finsterbusch		 180
Martin Meiser, Michaela Geiger, Siegfried Kreuzer and Marcus Sigismund (eds.), Die Septuaginta—Geschichte, Wirkung, Relevanz. 6. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 21.–24. Juli 2016 (WUNT 405), Tübingen 2018
Claude Cox		 183
Frank Ueberschaer, Thomas Wagner and Jonathan Miles Robker (eds.), Theologie und Textgeschichte, Septuaginta und Masoretischer Text als Äußerungen theologischer Reflexion (WUNT 407), Tübingen 2018
Evangelia G. Dafni		 188

IOSCS Matters

Treasurer’s Report
 191

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JSCS 52
(2019)
issued 2019

Reports

The IOSCS at Fifty
Albert Pietersma		 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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issued July, 2018
Editorial
 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 Abstracts

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 50
(2017)
issued February, 2018
Editorial
 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 Abstracts

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 49
(2016)
issued November, 2016
Editorial
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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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JSCS 48
(2015)
issued January, 2016
Editorial
 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
PDF
JSCS 47
(2014)
issued August, 2014
Editorial
 3

Articles

κύριος συντρίβων πολέμους “The Lord who shatters wars” (Exod 15:3LXX). The formative importance of the Song of the Sea (Exod 15:1–18LXX) 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
PDF
JSCS 46
(2013)
issued January, 2014
Editorial
 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 2,7LXX. 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 2:46h
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
PDF
JSCS 45
(2012)
issued July, 2013
Editorial
 3

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
PDF
JSCS 44
(2011)
issued March, 2013
Editorial
 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
PDF
BIOSCS 43
(2010)
issued 2011
Editorial
 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
PDF
BIOSCS 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		 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
PDF
BIOSCS 41
(2008)
issued November, 2008
Editorial
 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 4QSama
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
PDF
BIOSCS 40
(2007)
issued December, 2007

Articles

Five Papyrus Fragments of Greek Exodus
David A. deSilva		 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 4QSama
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
PDF
BIOSCS 39
(2006)
issued October, 2006

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

LXX and DTS: A New Archimedean Point for Septuagint Studies?
Albert Pietersma		 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
PDF
BIOSCS 38
(2005)
issued August, 2006

Articles

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint
John William Wevers		 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
PDF
BIOSCS 37
(2004)
issued 2005

Articles

Reassessing the Impact of Barthélemy’s Devanciers, Forty Years Later
Robert A. Kraft		 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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BIOSCS 36
(2003)
issued September, 2004
Editorial
 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
Review 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. Helsinki 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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BIOSCS 35
(2002)
issued December, 2003

IOSCS Matters

Program for the IOSCS Meeting in Denver, November 17–20, 2001
 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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BIOSCS 34
(2001)
issued February, 2003

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meetings, Nashville and Basel
 1
In Memoriam: Dominique Barthélemy
James R. Adair		 34

Book Reviews

Review of K. Jobes and M. Silva, Invitation to the Septuagint
Jannes Smith		 37

Articles

A German Translation of the Septuagint
Siegfried Kreuzer		 40
The Evidentiary Value of Septuagintal Usage for Greek Lexicography: Alice's Reply to Humpty Dumpty
Cameron Boyd-Taylor		 47
Intertextuality in the Septuagint: The Case of Isaiah 19
Mirjam Croughs		 81
A Study of Articulation in the Greek Ruth
Kenneth J. Turner		 95
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BIOSCS 33
(Fall, 2000)
issued June, 2001

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Boston
 1
Treasurer’s Report
 6
News and Notes
 8
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 11
Varia
 24

Book Reviews

Review of Hatch and Redpath's Concordance to the Septuagint, 2nd edition
Johann Cook		 31

Web Review

The Christian Classics Ethereal Library, et al.
Frederick Knobloch		 36

Articles

A Note on the Syntactic Analysis of Greek Translations and Compositions
T. P. Hutchinson and D. Cairns		 39
How to Analyse and Translate the Idiomatic Phrase 'Miy Yitten,'
Takamitsu Muraoka		 47
Evaluating Lexical Consistency in the Old Greek Bible
Martha L. Wade		 53
Translation Technique in LXX Genesis and Its Implications for the NETS Version
Robert J. V. Hiebert		 76
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BIOSCS 32
(Fall, 1999)
issued Summer, 2000

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Helsinki
 1
Treasurer’s Report
 3
News and Notes
 6
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 11
Varia
 18

Articles

On the Text-Critical Value of Septuagint Genesis: A Reply to Rösel
Ronald S. Hendel		 31
Reassessing the Text-Critical Value of LXX-Genesis 1: A Response to Rösel
William P. Brown		 35
Review of N. Fernández Marcos' Introducción a las versiones griegas de la Biblia
Moisés Silva		 40

Web Reviews

The CATSS Database
Tim McLay		 44
Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis
Frederick Knobloch		 47

Critical Notes

The Septuagint and the Magical Papyri: Some Preliminary Notes
Alexis Leonas		 51
Apologia pro Vita Mea: Reflections of a Career in Septuagint Studies
John William Wevers		 65
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BIOSCS 31
(Fall, 1998)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Oslo
 1
Treasurer's Report
 5
News and Notes
 8
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 13
Varia
 24
Prospectus for IOSCS-Sponsored LXX Commentary Series
 43

Web Reviews

The Perseus Digital Library; 'The Unbound Bible,'
Frederick Knobloch		 49

Articles

The Text-Critical Value of Septuagint-Genesis
Martin Rösel		 62
A Place in the Sun
Cameron Boyd-Taylor		 71
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BIOSCS 30
(Fall, 1997)
issued January, 1999

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, San Francisco
 1
Treasurer's Report
 5
News and Notes
 7
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 12
IOSCS Matters
 24

Articles

Response to Tim McLay
Karen Jobes		 32
The 'Accordance' Search Program for the MT, LXX, and the CATSS Database
Emanuel Tov		 36
The Greek Translation of 'Yehudah' in the Book of Jeremiah
Paul D. McLean		 45
Esther's Great Adventure
Cameron Boyd-Taylor		 81
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BIOSCS 29
(Fall, 1996)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Cambridge, England
 1
Treasurer's Report
 5
News and Notes
 7
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 11

Articles

Syntactic Profiles and the Characteristics of Revision: A Response to Karen Jobes
Tim McLay		 15
Drei Studien zur Übersetzungstechnik des griechischen Josuabuches
Cornelis G. den Hertog		 22
The Lucianic Text of 1 Reigns: Three Texts Compared and Contrasted
Bernard Taylor		 53
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BIOSCS 28
(Fall, 1995)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Chicago IL
 1
Treasurer's Report
 4
News and Notes
 6
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 11

Articles

A Comparative Syntactic Analysis of the Greek Versions of Daniel: A Test Case for New Methodology
Karen H. Jobes		 19
Übersetzung als Vollendung der Auslegung: Studien zur Genesis-Septuaginta (Abstract)
Martin Rösel		 42
Anmerkungen zu Margolis' The Book of Joshua in Greek
Cornelis G. den Hertog		 51
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BIOSCS 27
(Fall, 1994)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Washington DC
 1
Treasurer's Report
 4
News and Notes
 5
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 19

Articles

Cultic Vocabulary in the Septuagint
Gary Alan Chamberlain		 21
The Septuagint Translation of the Book of Joshua (Abstract)
Lea Mazor		 29
The Variation Between βαιθλεεμ and βηθλεεμ
Saul Levin		 39
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BIOSCS 26
(Fall, 1993)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Paris, France
 1
Treasurer's Report
 6
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 7

Articles

Some Remarks on the Perfect Indicative in the LXX
Anssi Voitila		 11
A Note to the Users of Margolis' Joshua-Edition
Seppo Sipila		 17
Recent Spanish Research on the Biblical Texts
Natalio Fernández-Marcos		 22
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BIOSCS 25
(Fall, 1992)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: Nov 24, 1991, Bartle Hall, Kansas City
 1
Treasurer's Report
 6
News and Notes
 7
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 11

Articles

Ἔσχατος and Eschatology in LXX-Isaiah
Ronald L. Troxel		 18
The CATSS Variant Database: An Evaluation
Bernard A. Taylor		 28
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BIOSCS 24
(Fall, 1991)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, New Orleans
 1
Treasurer's Report
 4
News and Notes
 5
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 9

Articles

The Perfect Indicative in Septuagint Genesis
Timothy P. Scher		 14
Some Septuagintal Pluses in Judges 20 and 21
P. E. Satterthwaite		 26
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BIOSCS 23
(Fall, 1990)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Leuven
 1
Treasurer's Report
 5
News and Notes
 6
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 10

Articles

The Story of David and Goliath (1Sam 17-18): Textual Viariants and Literary Composition
Julio Trebolle		 16
Evaluating Minority Variants Within Families of Greek Manuscripts
Bernard Taylor		 31
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BIOSCS 22
(Fall, 1989)

IOSCS Matters

In Memoriam Joseph Ziegler
Robert Hanhart		 1
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Chicago
 5
Treasurer's Report
 8
News and Notes
 9
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 11

Articles

A Critique of Sven Soderlund's The Greek Text of Jeremiah
J. Gerald Janzen		 16
PDF
BIOSCS 21
(Fall, 1988)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Boston
 1
News and Notes
 3
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 10

Articles

Barthélemy and Proto-Septuagint Studies
John William Wevers		 23
The Septuagint Version of Isaiah 23:1-14 and the Massoretic Text
Peter W. Flint		 35
The Unity of the Minor Prophets in the Septuagint
C. Robert Harrison Jr.		 55
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BIOSCS 20
(Fall, 1987)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: August 21-22, 1986, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
 1
Treasurer's Report
 4
News and Notes
 5
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 7

Articles

The Use and Abuse of the Term 'LXX' and Related Terminology in Recent Scholarship
Leonard Greenspoon		 21
Hellenistic Influence in the Book of Proverbs (Septuagint)?
Johann Cook		 30
The Septuagint of Jonah: Aspects of Literary Analysis Applied to Biblical Translation
Larry Perkins		 43
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BIOSCS 19
(Fall, 1986)

IOSCS Matters

A Note of Appreciation (to Eugene Ulrich)
 1
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: November 23, 1985, Anaheim Hilton
 2
News and Notes
 5
Record of Work Published or in Process
 8

Articles

1 Kings 8: A Sample Study
Steven L. McKensie		 15
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BIOSCS 18
(Fall, 1985)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: December 9, 1984, Palmer House, Chicago
 1
Treasurer's Report
 3
News and Notes
 4
Record of Work Published or in Process
 10

Articles

An Apologia for Septuagint Studies
John William Wevers		 16
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BIOSCS 17
(Fall, 1984)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: August 27, 1983, Salamanca, Spain
 1
Financial Report
 2
News and Notes
 3
Record of Work Published or in Process
 7

Articles

The Stratigraphy of the Text of Daniel and the Question of Theological Tendenz in the Old Greek
Sharon Pace		 15
The Use of a Computerized Data Base for Septuagint Research: The Greek-Hebrew Parallel Alignment
Emanuel Tov		 36
The Use of the Computerized Data Base for the Study of Septuagint Revisions
Paul Lippi		 48
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BIOSCS 16
(Fall, 1983)

IOSCS Matters

In Memoriam Isac Leo Seeligmann
Robert Hanhart		 1
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: December 19, 1982, New York Hilton, NY
 2
Financial Report
 4
News and Notes
 5
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 7

Articles

Palimpsestus Vindobonensis: A Revised Edition of OL 115 for Samuel-Kings
Bonifatius Fischer with the collaboration of Eugene Ulrich and Judith E. Sanderson		 13
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BIOSCS 15
(Fall, 1982)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, December 21, 1981, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
 1
Financial Report
 3
News and Notes
 4
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 7

Articles

Redaction, Recension, and Midrash in the Books of Kings
Julio Trebolle		 12
A Short Commentary on Some Verses of the Old Greek of Isaiah 23
Arie van der Kooij		 36
Guidelines for Editions of Armenian Biblical Texts
Michael E. Stone and Claude E. Cox		 51
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BIOSCS 14
(Fall, 1981)

IOSCS Matters

In Memoriam Henry Snyder Gehman
John William Wevers		 1
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: August 22-23, University of Vienna
 2
Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting: November 8, 1980, Loews Anatole Hotel, Dallas
 6
Financial Report
 9
News and Notes
 10
Record of Works Published or in Progress
 13

Articles

The Discovery of the Missing Part of Margolis' Edition of Joshua
Emanuel Tov		 17
Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies
Robert A. Kraft and Emanuel Tov		 22

Septuagint Abstracts

Repetitions of Possessive Pronouns in the Greek Pentateuch
Raija Sollamo		 41
Zur Beziehung von A zu B in Leviticus
Udo W. Quast		 43
Der Theodotion-Text von Daniel und die Symmachus-Übersetzung
J. R. Busto Saiz		 44
The Sequence of Ez 36-40 and the Omission of Ez 36,23c-38 in Pap. 967 and in Codex Wirceburgensis
J. Lust		 45
ἐν für εἶς in der Septuaginta
Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen		 46
A Computer Generated Descriptive Lexicon of the LXX and Theodotionic Texts of Daniel
R. A. Martin		 46
'Homophony' in the Septuagint
J. de Waard		 47
Problèmes de méthode posés par l'emploi du concept d'anthropomorphisme dans les études septantistes
Olivier Munnich		 48
Participium coniunctum as a Criterion of Translation Technique
Anneli Aejmelaeus		 49
On the Place of Origin of the Old Greek of the Psalms
A. van der Kooij		 51
A Report on the Critical Edition of the Armenian Old Testament
Claude Cox		 52
Die Theodoretus-Ausgabe von 'Quaestiones in Reges et Paralipomena'
N. Fernándes Marcos		 53
Aquila's Translation and Rabbinic Exegesis
Lester L. Grabbe		 54
The Angelology and Demonology in the Septuagint of the Book of Job
John G. Gammie		 55
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BIOSCS 13
(Fall, 1980)

IOSCS Matters

A Note of Appreciation (to George E. Howard)
 1
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: November 15, 1979, New York Statler Hotel (Buffalo Room), NY
 2
Financial Report
 5
News and Notes
 6
Record of Work Published or in Progress
 9

Articles

The Divine Name in Qumran, in the Masada Scroll, and in the Septuagint
Patrick W. Skehan		 14
Kaige and Other Recensional Developments in the Greek Text of Judges
Walter Ray Bodine		 45
The Translator of the Septuagint of Isaiah and 'Righteousness'
John W. Olley		 58
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BIOSCS 12
(Fall, 1979)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: November 19, 1978, Marriot Hotel (Galvez), New Orleans, LA
 1
Financial Report
 3
News and Notes
 7
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
 10

Articles

Lexicon Project: Progress Report
Robert Kraft		 14
Prophetic Interpretation in the Septuagint
F. F. Bruce		 17
Renderings of the Hebrew Comparative Expressions with MIN in the Greek Pentateuch
Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen		 27
Max L. Margolis on the Complutensian Text of Joshua
Leonard Greenspoon		 43
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BIOSCS 11
(Fall, 1978)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: August 19-20, 1977, Theologicum of the University
 1
Financial Report
 4
News and Notes
 5
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
 6

Articles

Mitteilung
R. Hanhart		 11
New Developments in the Study of the Ecrits Intertestamentaires with a Request
James H. Charlesworth and Albert-Marie Denis		 14
Describing Meaning in the LXX Lexicon
Moises Silva		 19
Theordoret's Biblical Text in the Octateuch
N. Fernández-Marcos		 27
The So-Called 'L' Text of Psalms 72-82
L. J. Perkins		 44

Septuagint Abstracts

Einige Beiträge der Vetus Latina für die Wiederherstellung des griechischen Textes Tobit
J. R. Busto-Saiz		 64
Das Problem des griechischen Textes im Complutenser 'Dodekapropheton'
N. Fernández-Marcos		 65
The Sigla 'Lambda Omicron' ([lambda with small omicron beneath])' in I-II Kings-LXX
N. Fernández-Marcos		 67
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BIOSCS 10
(Fall, 1977)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: October 29, 1976, Breckenridge Hotel, St. Louis, MO
 1
Financial Report
 3
News and Notes
 4
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
 5

Articles

Translating the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: A Report of International Projects
James H. Charlesworth		 11
Notes on the Letter of Aristeas
R. J. H. Shutt		 22
Cyril of Alexandria's Text for Deuteronomy
Claude E. Cox		 31
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BIOSCS 9
(Fall, 1976)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Saturday, Nov 1, 1975, Palmer House, Chicago
 1
Financial Report
 2
News and Notes
 3
Record of Work Published, in Hand or Projected
 5

Septuagint Abstracts

The Shorter Readings of P. Fouad 266 (Rahlfs 848) in Deuteronomy Which Equal the Hebrew."
Claude E. Cox		 10
Fragnent 12 of llQtgJb and the Septuagint of Job 29: 7-16
Oliver Howard		 10
Untranslated Hebrew Words in the Septuagint
Saul Levin		 11
Is There Evidence of Hebrew Revision in P. Fouad 266?
Larry J. Perkins		 11
The Ship of Isaiah 33:23
Edmund R. Woodside		 12

Articles

Some Thoughts on a Lexicon of the LXX
Emanuel Tov		 14
The 'Value' of the Bohairic Printed Editions
M. K. H. Peters		 47
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BIOSCS 8
(Fall, 1975)

IOSCS Matters

Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Friday, October 25, 1974, The Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
 1
Financial Report
 2
News and Notes
 3
Record of Work Published, in Hand, or Projected
 5

Septuagint Abstracts

Septuagint Variants Reflecting a Hebrew Vorlage
George Howard		 11
The Barberini Text of Habakkuk III Reconsidered
N. Fenández Marcos		 12
Syntax of the Pronouns in the Greek Genesis
T. Muraoka		 13
Some Contributions to the Text-History of the Greek Judges
Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Judit Targarona		 14
Some Improper Prepositions, Such as enopion, enantion, enanti, itc., in the Septuagint and Early Koine Greek
Raija Sollamo		 15
"Linguistic Clues to the Structure of Septuagintal Poetry
Daryl Schmidt		 16

Articles

The Göttingen Septuagint
J. W. Wevers		 19
4QSama and Septuagintal Research
Eugene C. Ulrich		 24
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BIOSCS 7
(Fall, 1974)

IOSCS Matters

In Memoriam: Sidney Jellicoe
G. Howard		 1
Note of Appreciation (to Bernard Scharfstein)
 2
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Saturday, November 10, 1973, The Palmer House, Chicago, IL
 2
News and Notes
 4
Record of Work Completed, In Hand or Projected
 7

Articles

Greek and Coptic Inedita of the Chester Beatty Library
A. Pietersma		 10

Septuagint Abstracts

Le personnage de Baruch et l'histoire du livre de Jérémie: Aux origines du livre de Baruch
Pierre-Maurice Bogaert		 19
Ben Sira and the Dating of the Septuagint
G. B. Caird		 21
A Fragment of an Early Recension of the Greek Exodus
G. I. Davies		 22
Comparaison entre les confessions des péchés de Néhémie 9 et Daniel 3 Théod.
M. P. Gilbert		 23
In Search of an Antiochian Text of the Septuagint: Theordoret's 'Quaestiones in Octateuchum'
N. Fernández Marcos and A. Saenz-Badillos		 25
A Reconsideration of the Old Testament Apocryphal (Deuterocanonical) Books and their Value and Authority
C. W. C. Quin		 27
The Rendering of the Hebrew Relative Clause in the Greek Pentateuch
I. Soisalon-Soininen		 30
The Status of Septuagintal Studies
W. F. Stinespring		 33
The Character of the Septuagint Translation of Baruch and the Canonical Status of the Book
E. Tov		 34
Rabbinic-Type Commentary in the LXX Version of Proverbs
J. Weingreen		 35
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BIOSCS 6
(Fall, 1973)

IOSCS Matters

From the President
John Wm Wevers		 1
Congratulations (to S. Jellicoe, H. Orlinsky, J.W. Wevers)
 2
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Sept 2-5, 1972, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
 3
SNTS Seminar on 'The Greek New Testament and the Septuagint'
Robert A. Kraft		 9
Some Cognate Studies to the Septuagint
J. H. Charlesworth		 10
Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected
 12

Articles

A Lucianic Recension in Genesis?
J. W. Wevers		 22
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BIOSCS 5
(Summer, 1972)

IOSCS Matters

Editorial
Sidney Jellicoe		 2
Uppsala: August, 1971
 3
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Thursday, Oct. 28, 1971: Regency Hyatt House, Atlanta, GA
 5

Uppsala Papers and Reports

Some Thoughts on a Grammar and Lexicon of the Septuagint
W. Eisenbeis		 6
Papyri 961 and 962 of the Greek Genesis
A. Pietersma		 6
Studies in the Theology of the Greek Psalter
Charles T. Fritsch		 7
Some Remarks on the Daughter Versions of the Septuagint
Bo Johnson		 7
The Use of Paralipomena in the Textual Criticism of Chronicles
L. C. Allen		 9
A Re-examination of the Two-translator Theory of a Septuagint Book
T. Muraoka		 9
Syntax of Translation-technique
Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen		 9
Biblia Polyglotta Matritensia
N. Fernández Marcos and A. Saenz-Badillos		 11
Rapport concernant le projet de Leyde-Louvain sur les Pseudépigraphes d'Ancien Testament
A.-M. Denis		 11
The Ethiopic Text of II Paralipomenon
J. Clear		 13
On Certain Aspects of the Septuagint of Joel
F. F. Bruce		 14

Atlanta Papers

Ancient Textual Criticism and the Rule, brevior lectio potior
George Howard		 15
On the Origins of the LXX Additions to the Book of Esther
Carey A. Moore		 15
The Septuagint Manuscript e2
Stanley D. Walters		 15
Some Comments on the Kaige Recension
Sidney Jellicoe		 16

IOSCS Matters

Cognate Societies
 17
Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected
 18
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BIOSCS 4
(October, 1971)

IOSCS Matters

Editorial (by Sidney Jellicoe)
 2
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Sunday, Oct. 25, 1970, Hotel New Yorker, New York City
 4

New York Abstracts

Toward a Lexicon and Grammar of the Septuagint
Walter Eisenbeis		 7
The Biblical Text of Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (LAB)
Daniel J. Harrington		 8
The Letter of Aristeas: A Re-evaluation
George E. Howard		 8
Josephus and Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities
Louis H. Feldman		 9
The Phenomenon of the LXX (Summary)
S. P. Brock		 9

IOSCS Matters

Cognate Enterprises
 11
Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected
 14
Corrigenda to Bulletin 3
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BIOSCS 3
(October, 1970)

IOSCS Matters

Editorial
Sidney Jellicoe		 2
Minutes of IOSCS Meeting: Wednesday, Nov 19, 1969, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada
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Articles

The Future of Septuagint Studies: A Brief Survey
C. T. Fritsch		 4
The Arabic Versions of Genesis and the Septuagint
J. W. Wevers		 8
Data Processing the Bible: A Consideration of the Potential Use of the Computer in Biblical Studies
Kent L. Smith		 12

Notices

Pseudepigrapha Project
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Un Inventaire général des citations de la Bible Greque
 15
SNTS Seminar: 'The Greek New Testament and the Septuagint'
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IOSCS Matters

Record of Work Completed, In Hand, or Projected
 17
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BIOSCS 2
(October, 1969)

IOSCS Matters

A Message from the President
H. M. Orlinsky		 2
Editorial
S. Jellicoe		 3
Organizational Meeting of IOSCS (In conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature), Dec. 19th 1968
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Abstracts

Septuagint Studies in the Current Century: A Brief Survey
S. Jellicoe		 5
The Future of Septuagint Studies: A Brief Survey
Charles T. Fritsch		 5
A LXX Problem: Intentional and Unintentional Changes in the Greek Text of Esther
Carey A. Moore		 5
The Göttingen Septuagint
John Wm. Wevers		 6
Translation Technique and Jewish Greek Idiom: Some Examples and Prospects
Robert A. Kraft		 6
American Textual Criticism: The American Scene
Bruce M. Metzger		 7
American Textual Criticism, 1968 – Future Tasks
J.D. Shenkel		 7
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BIOSCS 1
(June, 1968)

IOSCS Matters

Record of Work Recently Completed, In Hand, or Projected
 9
Coordination Project for Septuagintal and Cognate Studies
 12
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