The Septuagint Sessions
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The Septuagint Sessions #11 – Ross Wagner on his new book on Greek Isaiah
With apologies for the long delay, the Septuagint Sessions is back online with one more episode to end the year. In 2015 expect more frequency and some other exciting developments about which I'll say something in due course. This interview...
The Septuagint Sessions #10 – Alison Salvesen on Isaiah at the Göttingen Summer School
In this interview with Alison Salvesen of the University of Oxford, we discuss the topic of her Göttingen Septuagint Summer School: Isaiah in Jewish and Christian Tradition. She talks about some of the current issues in the study of the...
The Septuagint Sessions #9 – Francis Borchardt on 2 Maccabees 2:13-15
This podcast is part 2 of an interview with Francis Borchardt [Listen to part 1 here]. We discuss the usefulness of 2 Maccabees 2:13-15 in discussions on the formation of the canon, and he offers 5 proofs for why this...
The Septuagint Sessions #8 – Francis Borchardt on the Prologue to Sirach and the Tripartite Canon
In this podcast, Francis Borchardt of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Hong Kong joins us to talk about the Prologue to Sirach and the question of the emerging Hebrew Bible canon. Since the writer of the Prologue — assumed to be Ben...
[AUDIO VERSION] The Septuagint Sessions #7 – Benjamin G. Wright on Translation Theory and the Interlinear Paradigm for Septuagint Studies
In this podcast, Professor Benjamin Wright joins us from Lehigh University to talk about translation theory and the Interlinear Paradigm for Septuagint Studies. He is the University Distinguished Professor in Religion Studies, Bible, Early...
The Septuagint Sessions #6 – A problem with the Apocrypha
In this podcast, I wanted to talk about a problem in research on the LXX that stems from a canonical bias.
The Septuagint Sessions #5 – Your BHS is safe with me!
A quick podcast to address a misunderstanding that has arisen from my exuberant advocacy of the Septuagint.
The Septuagint Sessions #4 – High Style in the Greek Isaiah. On the Language of the Septuagint III
This episode is the third in the series, "On the Language of the Septuagint." Today, I discuss John Lee's forthcoming work, based on his 2011-2012 Grinfield Lectures in Oxford, on the higher register of the Greek Isaiah. Previous episodes have...
The Septuagint Sessions #3 – Rhetoric in the Greek Pentateuch. On the Language of the Septuagint II
In this episode, I discuss rhetorical features in the Greek Pentateuch based on James Aitken's 2011 article. These examples are used to further the argument in the last episode concerning the translators' knowledge of Greek. This is the second...
The Septuagint Sessions #2 - Shoddy Greek? On the Language of the Septuagint I
In the second episode of The Septuagint Sessions, I talk about the impressions of the translators’ skills many gain from the peculiar style of the Septuagint translation. Does the Greek of the Septuagint betray translators ignorant of the