Voces Biblicae: Septuagint Greek and Its Significance for the New Testament

by J Jootsen

During the Renaissance period, when the Greek texts of the Bible became accessible again to Western scholars, a large number of words were identified that seemed to be attested only in the Septuagint and New Testament: the famous voces biblicae, "biblical words". They were held by some to reflect a special kind of Jewish Greek, or perhaps even a peculiar Greek idiom created by the Holy Spirit in order to express the unspeakable mysteries of God's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042919159
• ISBN13: 9789042919150
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"