The Septuagint as Christian Scripture.The Septuagint As Christian Scripture Martin Hengel Martin Hengel is a German scholar of religion, focusing on the "Second-Temple Period" or "Hellenistic Period" of early Judaism, which encompasses 200 BCE to 200 CE. He is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Tübingen. Baker Academic/Baker Book House PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , MI 49516-6287 080102790X $24.99 www.bakerbooks.com The Septuagint As Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory prehistory, period of human evolution before writing was invented and records kept. The term was coined by Daniel Wilson in 1851. It is followed by protohistory, the period for which we have some records but must still rely largely on archaeological evidence to And The Problem Of Its Canon by Martin Hengel (Professor Emertius of New Testament and Ancient Judaism, Univerity of Tubingen) is a scholarly analysis of the Greek Old Testament, also known as the Septuagint, and the history of its consolidation and inclusion into both Judaic and Christian canonical texts. Discussing controversies sparked by these writings, and carefully dissecting dis·sect tr.v. dis·sect·ed, dis·sect·ing, dis·sects 1. To cut apart or separate (tissue), especially for anatomical study. 2. issues of their incorporation into Judaic-Christian faith among the course of millennia, The Septuagint As Christian Scripture is an evenhanded e·ven·hand·ed adj. Showing no partiality; fair. e  ven·hand , balanced work of insight intended to broading the depth of the reader's understanding of what history, archaeology, and literature have to say about the Septuagint itself. Highly recommended especially for biblical studies shelves, The Septuagint As Christian Scripture involves itself in technical and complex matters at times and is meant especially for advanced Biblical students and theologians.
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