Jewish Reception of Greek Bible Versions: Studies in Their Use in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Text & Studies in Medieval & Early Modern Judaism)

cover......Page 1
Preface......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 11
History of Research......Page 17
The Septuagint in Cambridge......Page 19
Non placet Septuaginta: Revisions and New Greek......Page 49
The Background in Late Antiquity......Page 61
The Jewish Use of Greek Proverbs......Page 63
The Cultural History of the Ancient Bible Versions:......Page 88
The Relationship of LXX and the Three in Exodus 1–24......Page 113
Biblical Quotations in the Greek Jewish Inscriptions......Page 138
The Septuagint in Disgrace: Some Notes on the Stories......Page 152
The Medieval Setting......Page 165
The Jewish Communities of the Byzantine World......Page 166
Byzantium and Byzantines in the Cairo Genizah:......Page 192
Testimonies and Influences......Page 231
Sefer Yosippon and the Greek Bible......Page 232
The Greek Bible used by the Jews in the dialogues......Page 244
The Use of the Greek Bible in Some Byzantine Jewish......Page 273
Manuscript Studies......Page 295
The Book of Canticles in Codex Graecus Venetus 7......Page 297
Greek Sources of the Complutensian Polyglot......Page 312
List of Contributors......Page 327
Index of Biblical References......Page 329
Index of Greek Words......Page 338
Index of Manuscripts......Page 339
Index of Modern Authors......Page 341
Index of Subjects......Page 347