Text History of the Greek Ecclesiastes

Introduction to the Göttingen Septuagint Edition of Ecclesiastes

Peter J. Gentry, Anneli Aejmelaeus, Felix Albrecht, Kristin De Troyer, Wolfgang Kraus, Michael Segal, Anneli Aejmelaeus, Felix Albrecht, Kristin De Troyer, Wolfgang Kraus, Michael Segal

• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9783525560730
• eBook ISBN: 9783647560731
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

Peter J. Gentry provides a complete and full introduction to the critical edition of Ecclesiastes in the Göttingen Septuaginta series along with user-friendly explanations for non-specialists as well as detailed documentation to demonstrate the basis for the critical text of Greek Ecclesiastes.Text History volumes supporting the critical editions in the Göttingen Septuaginta usually provide evidence and lists to document and demonstrate the recensions existing in the textual history and the best methodology for arriving at the earliest form of the text that we can reach.Gentry's Text History volume provides, in addition, a complete and full introduction which was not given in the critical edition. Since this introduction is in English, it will aid English-speaking scholars who find access to the critical editions difficult because the introductions are in German.

Table of contents

• Text History of the Greek Ecclesiastes
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Guide to the Reader
• A. The Textual Witnesses
• B. The Text History: Text Groups and Textual Relations of the Greek Witnesses (A.I), the Ancient Translations (A.II) and the Indirect Tradition (A.III)
• C. Methodology to Establish the Earliest Attainable Text of LXX Ecclesiastes
• D. On the Arrangement of the Edition, Its Sigla and Abbreviations
• E. Sigla / Symbols and Abbreviations
• F. Differences Compared to Rahlfs
• G. Corrections to the Published Edition
• H. Appendices