The Septuagint as Christian Scripture <subTitle>Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Hengel, Martin</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>153tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this work, world-renowned scholar Martin Hengel laments that so few people (including scholars) appreciate the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament), considering it a ''mere translation.'' By contrast, Hengel recognizes the Septuagint's historical and theological value, noting that it is the first complete and pre-Christian commentary on the Old Testament. The Septuagint as Christian Scripture focuses on a key How did this collection of Jewish writings in the Greek language become the authoritative Old Testament Scripture in the Christian church? In the process of answering this question, Hengel touches on the development of the canon and the relationship between church fathers and Scripture.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Martin Hengel</note> <subject> <topic>Bible. -- Old Testament</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Greek language, Biblical</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">221.48</classification> <classification authority="ddc">H511-M38</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780801027901, 080102790X</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14737/51kvojzflul.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14737/51kvojzflul.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071411.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>