Biblical Exegesis in Second Temple Literature (Bar Ilan)

June 15, 2018 Deane Biblical Literature, Dead Sea Scrolls Historical texts, History and Stories, Inner-biblical Interpretation, Rewritten Bible, Intertextuality, Methods and Approaches in Biblical Studies, Septuagint studies, Temple Scroll, Textual Criticism, Torah Bar Ilan University, Biblical Exegesis in Second Temple Literature, Biblical Exegesis through the Ages, Deborah Dimant, Esther ("Esti") Eshel, James Kugel, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Michael Segal, Moshe J. Bernstein

Below are videos of the papers from the “Biblical Exegesis in Second Temple Literature” section of the conference “Biblical Exegesis through the Ages” at Bar-Ilan University on May 9, 2018.

דבורה דימנט (אוניברסיטת חיפה) ‘כתוב בספר’: ספרים ולוחות בספרות ארמית יהודית מימי הבית השני

Moshe J. Bernstein (Yeshiva University), “Reading the Genesis Apocryphon as Biblical Commentary”

Michael Segal (Hebrew University), “Early Biblical Exegesis in the Septuagint”

אסתי אשל (אוניברסיטת בר-אילן), “ושאלו להון ספרא וחכמתא וקושטא” :לימוד והעברת ידע במגילה החיצונית ובספרות קרובה

Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University), “Biblical Exegesis in the Temple Scroll”

James Kugel (Bar-Ilan University), “The Legendization of Midrash in Second Temple Time”

Melvin K.H. Peters: Translating the Old Greek Bible (The Septuagint): An Inconvenient Witness to Biblical History

May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 Deane Methods and Approaches in Biblical Studies, Secondary, Septuagint studies, Textual Criticism, Video BYU Kennedy Center, Melvin K.H. Peters, NETS, New English Translation of the Septuagint

Professor Melvin K.H. Peters (Duke University) delivered the lecture, “Translating the Old Greek Bible (The Septuagint): An Inconvenient Witness to Biblical History” at the BYU Kennedy Center on April 2, 2009.

Peters speaks about the Septuagint, the Leningrad Codex, and NETS (New English Translation of the Septuagint). He asks why the retroverted Septuagint is not preferred by the majority of academic and confessional users of the Bible.

Interview with Emanuel Tov on the Septuagint

May 11, 2016 Deane Methods and Approaches in Biblical Studies, Secondary, Septuagint studies, Textual Criticism, Video Emanuel Tov, William A. Ross

William A. Ross interviews Professor Emanuel Tov (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) about the Septuagint (published May 6, 2016).

0:00-3:18 Describe how you became interested in LXX studies and your training?
3:19-7:04 How did your academic mentors think about the Greek of the Septuagint?
7:05-17:30 Describe some of your more significant publications in the field.
28:45-29:30 How has the field changed over the course of your career?
24:15-25:24 What are areas in LXX that still need research?
25:25-28:44 What are some of your current projects in LXX studies?
28:45-29:30 What is the future of LXX studies?

Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens (MSU)

March 16, 2014 Deane Early Jewish writings, Electronic books, Greek Old Testament, Methods and Approaches in Biblical Studies, Secondary, Septuagint studies, Sources, Textual Criticism Alfred Rahlfs, Emil Große-Brauckmann, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, James Barr, John W. Wevers, LXX, Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens, MSU, Richner Hanhart

Many of the volumes in the Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens (MSU) series are available for free download in pdf format, from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Vol. 25

R. Hanhart, Text und Textgeschichte des 2. Esrabuches, Göttingen 2003.