Learning Outcomes
Students learn to identify in later texts (here in the Epistle to the Hebrews) the linguistic, ideological, and theological transformations of the language and theology of the Septuagint, which is the Old Testament of all local Orthodox Churches.
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Introduction
2. The LXX background of Hebr. 1
3. The LXX background of Hebr. 2
4. The LXX background of Hebr. 3
5. The LXX background of Hebr. 4
6. The LXX background of Hebr. 5
7. The LXX background of Hebr. 6
8. The LXX background of Hebr. 7
9. The LXX background of Hebr. 8
10. The LXX background of Hebr. 9
11. The LXX background of Hebr. 10
12. The LXX background of Hebr. 11
13. Conclusions
Additional bibliography for study
J. Cook (εκδ.), Septuagint and Reception: Essays Prepared for the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa, VTSup 127, Leiden 2009.
D.J. Human, G.J. Steyn (εκδ.), Psalms and Hebrews: Studies in Reception, Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 527, New York 2010.