Timothy Michael Law

When God Spoke Greek

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ISBN 13:
9780199781720
author:
Timothy Michael Law
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Oxford University Press, Usa
language:
English
Publication Year:
2013
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
15.24 x 1.27 x 23.11 centimetres
Genre:
History, Religion, Bible,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£44.62

Description

The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible by Timothy Michael Law explores how the New Testament writers adopted the Jewish scriptures as their first Old Testament, and why our modern Bibles are related more to the Rabbinic Hebrew Bible than to the Greek Bible of the early Church. The story begins with the translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek between the third century BC and the second century AD. This Greek translation, known as the Septuagint, played a central role in the Bible's history, but gradually lost its place at the heart of Western Christianity. By examining the origins and relationship of the Septuagint to the Hebrew Bible, Law sheds light on the adoption and abandonment of the first Christian Old Testament. Law's study reveals the complex dynamics that shaped the development of the Christian Bible, offering a nuanced understanding of this pivotal moment in biblical history.

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