
Text History of the Greek Ecclesiastes
Introduction to the Göttingen Septuagint Edition of Ecclesiastes
Peter J. Gentry(Author)
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2022
345 pages
978-3-647-56073-1 (ISBN)
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Peter J. Gentry provides a complete and full introduction to the critical edition of Ecclesiastes in the Göttingen Septuaginta series along with user-friendly explanations for non-specialists as well as detailed documentation to demonstrate the basis for the critical text of Greek Ecclesiastes. Text History volumes supporting the critical editions in the Göttingen Septuaginta usually provide evidence and lists to document and demonstrate the recensions existing in the textual history and the best methodology for arriving at the earliest form of the text that we can reach. Gentry's Text History volume provides, in addition, a complete and full introduction which was not given in the critical edition. Since this introduction is in English, it will aid English-speaking scholars who find access to the critical editions difficult because the introductions are in German.
Dr. Peter J. Gentry ist Senior Professor Emeritus am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, USA.
Dr. Peter J. Gentry ist Senior Professor Emeritus am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, USA.
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Peter J. Gentry
Text History of the Greek Ecclesiastes
Introduction to the Göttingen Septuagint Edition of Ecclesiastes
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Dr. Peter J. Gentry ist Senior Professor Emeritus am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, USA.
Content
- Intro
- Text History of the Greek Ecclesiastes
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Guide to the Reader
- A. The Textual Witnesses
- I. The Greek Witnesses
- 1. Majuscule Manuscripts
- 2. Minuscule Manuscripts
- 3. Manuscripts Not Collated for the Edition
- 4. Papyri and Papyri-Fragments
- 5. Copies, Derivatives, and Descendants
- II. The Ancient Translations
- 1. The Old Latin Translation (La94 95 160 Hi)
- 1.1 The Old Latin Fragments (La94 95 160)
- 1.1.1 La94-95
- 1.1.2 The Hexaplaric (?) Recension of La160
- 1.2 The Ecclesiastes Commentary of Jerome (Hieronymus = Hi)
- 1.3 The Indirect Old Latin Tradition (Latin Patristic Citations of Ecclesiastes)
- 1.4 The Textual Character of the Old Latin Translation
- 2. The Syro-Hexapla Translation (Syh)
- 2.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Syro-Hexapla Translation
- 2.2 The Use of Aristarchean Signs
- 2.2.1 Asteriskoi in Syh
- 2.2.2 Obeloi in Syh
- 2.2.3 Antisigmata or Lemniskoi in Syh
- 2.2.4 Asteriskoi in V
- 2.2.5 Asteriskoi in 788
- 2.2.6 Obeloi in 788
- 2.3 The Character of the Syro-Hexapla Translation
- 3. The Christian Palestinian Aramaic Translation (CPA)
- 3.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Christian Palestinian Aramaic Translation
- 3.2 The Textual Character of the Christian Palestinian Aramaic Translation
- 4. The Coptic Translations (Co)
- 4.1 The Sahidic Translation (Sa)
- 4.1.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Sahidic Translation
- 4.1.2 The Textual Character of the Sahidic Translation
- 4.2 The Fayyumic Translation (Fa)
- 4.2.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Fayyumic Translation
- 4.2.2 The Textual Character of the Fayyumic Translation
- 5. The Ethiopic Translation (Aeth)
- 5.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Ethiopic Translation
- 5.2 The Textual Character of the Ethiopic Translation
- 5.2.1 Agreements with the Catena Tradition
- 5.2.2 Agreements with the O Group
- 5.2.3 Agreements with Early Witnesses of the Egyptian Form of the Text
- 6. The Old Georgian Translation (Geo)
- 6.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Old Georgian Translation
- 6.2 The Textual Character of the Old Georgian Translation
- 7. The Armenian Translation (Arm)
- 7.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Armenian Translation
- 7.2 The Textual Character of the Armenian Translation
- 8. The Arabic Translation (Arab)
- 8.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Arabic Translation
- 8.2 The Textual Character of the Arabic Translation
- 8.2.1 Agreement with One Group
- 8.2.2 Agreement with Two Groups
- 8.2.3 Agreement with Three Groups (Examples Only)
- 9. The Old Church Slavonic Translation
- 9.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Old Church Slavonic Translation
- 9.2 The Textual Character of the Old Church Slavonic Translation
- III. The Indirect Greek Tradition (Patristic Citations)
- 1. Commentaries on Ecclesiastes by Greek Church Fathers (chronological)
- 1.1 Origen (Or)
- 1.2 Dionysius of Alexandria (Dion)
- 1.3 Gregory Thaumaturgos (GregTh)
- 1.4 Evagrius of Pontus (Evag)
- 1.5 Didymus the Blind (Did)
- 1.6 Gregory of Nyssa (GregNy)
- 1.7 Pseudo-Chrysostom (PsChr)
- 1.8 Olympiodorus of Alexandria (Ol)
- 1.9 Metrophanes of Smyrna (Met)
- 2. The Greek Church Fathers (alphabetical)
- IV. Printed Editions (chronological)
- 1. Aldina (Ald)
- 2. Complutensis (Compl)
- 3. Sixtina (Sixt)
- 4. Grabe (Gra)
- 5. Holmes-Parsons (HP)
- 6. Rahlfs (Ra)
- B. The Text History: Text Groups and Textual Relations of the Greek Witnesses (A.I), the Ancient Translations (A.II) and the Indirect Tradition (A.III)
- I. The Hexaplaric Recension
- 1. The Witnesses of the Hexaplaric Recension
- 2. The Critical (Aristarchean) Signs Employed by Origen
- 3. The Character of the Hexaplaric Recension
- 4. Singular Readings in the Four MSS. V 253 475 637
- II. The Egyptian Text-Type of Codices B-S and Their Derivatives
- 1. The Witnesses of the Egyptian Text-Type (E)
- 2. The Provenance of the Egyptian Text
- 3. Brief Characterisation of the Egyptian Text
- 4. More Distant Relatives
- III. The A-Text
- 1. The Witnesses of the A-Text
- 2. Brief Characterisation of the A-Text
- IV. The Lucianic Recension
- 1. The Provenance of the Lucianic Text
- 2. The Witnesses of the Lucianic Recension
- 3. The Peculiar Character of the Lucianic Recension
- 4. Detailed Analysis of Witnesses Attesting the Lucianic Recension
- Brief Characterisation of Individual Witnesses
- MS. 106
- MS. 125
- MS. 130
- MS. 261
- MS. 545
- MS. Pair 125´
- 5. The Antiochian Fathers
- John Chrysostom (died 407)
- Antiochus (i.e. Church Father)
- V. The Catena-Text
- 1. The Various Catenae of Ecclesiastes and the Catena-Groups
- 2. The Catena Groups
- 3. Text-History of the Catena-Groups
- VI. The d-Group
- VII. The k-Group
- VIII. The Manuscript Pair 248´
- IX. The Codices Mixti (al)
- X. Individual Manuscripts-Unclassified
- XI. The Later Greek Translators/Revisors
- 1. Introductory Observations
- 2. The Witnesses of the Later Greek Translators
- 2.1 Marginal Notes in Greek Bible Manuscripts
- 2.2 Patristic Sources
- 2.3 Catena Traditions
- 2.4 The Syro-Hexapla
- 3. Comparison of Recent Research and Sources Used by Field
- 4. On the Textual Character of the Three Later Translations
- 5. Text Critical Value for the Hebrew Bible
- C. Methodology to Establish the Earliest Attainable Text of LXX Ecclesiastes
- I. General Assessments of Translation Technique
- 1. Overview
- 2. The Hebrew Vorlage of the Translator and Translation Technique
- 2.1 The Masoretic Text ( /MT)
- 2.2 The Dead Sea Scrolls ( )
- 2.3 The Syriac Peshitta (Pesh/ )
- 2.3.1 Examples of Polygenesis
- 2.3.2 Examples of Common Vorlage
- 2.3.3 Examples of Common Exegetical Tradition
- 2.3.4 Dependence of the Syriac Version on the Septuagint
- 2.4 The Cairo Genizah Fragment ( )
- 2.4.1 The Witnesses/Editions of the Cairo Genizah Fragment
- 2.4.2 On the Textual Character of the Cairo Genizah Fragment
- 2.5 The Latin Vulgate ( )
- 3. Translation Technique: On the Character of the Translator of Ecclesiastes
- II. Basic Principles for the Constitution of the Text
- 1. Inner Greek Scribal Errors
- 2. Variants Preserved Almost Entirely in Patristic Sources
- 3. Interdependence of LXX Text-History and Text-History of the Jewish Revisors
- 4. Jerome Correcting the Old Latin on the Basis of his Hebrew Text
- 5. Further Illustration of Text-Critical Principles in Establishing the Text
- 6. Relation to Early Ancient Versions (e.g. Peshitta)
- 7. Diachronic Development of Greek (Hellenistic / Byzantine Periods)
- Excursus
- 1. List of Witnesses for Eccl. 1:17
- 2. Morphology and Meaning of ????????? in Eccl. 1:17
- 2.1 Morphology
- 2.2 Meaning
- 3. The Reconstruction of the Old Greek
- 3.1 The Evidence of Translation Equivalents
- 3.2 Analysis of Translation Technique
- 3.3 The External and Internal Evidence
- 3.4 Goldman's Proposal for the OG
- 4. The Significance of the Peshitta's Reading for the OG
- Conclusion
- 5. The Hebrew Text
- 5.1 External Evidence
- 5.2 Internal Evidence
- 5.3 Goldman's Conjecture
- Conclusion
- D. On the Arrangement of the Edition, Its Sigla and Abbreviations
- I. The Introduction
- II. The Critical Text
- III. Kopfleiste (List of Witnesses)
- IV. Apparatus I
- V. Apparatus II
- VI. The Colometry or Stichometry of the Edition
- E. Sigla / Symbols and Abbreviations
- F. Differences Compared to Rahlfs
- G. Corrections to the Published Edition
- H. Appendices
- 1. Computer Generated Stemma for Ecclesiastes
- 2. Complete List of Patristic Quotations for Ecclesiastes
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