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XVIII Congress of the International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies: Zurich, 2022
Marieke Dhont, Gideon R. Kotze, Joshua Alfaro, Alison G. Salvesen, editors
ISBN
9781628377651
Volume
SCS 80
Status
Forthcoming
Price
$125.00
Publication Date
September 2025
Hardback

$125.00

This latest volume from the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies includes the papers presented at the XVIII Congress of the IOSCS, which was held in Zurich in 2022. Five sections cover a range of topics, including the SBL Septuagint Commentary series, text and translation studies, literary studies, other translations, and theology. Contributors include Felix Albrecht, Joshua Alfaro, Carson Bay,  Bryan Beeckman,  Raphaëlle Berterottière, Martijn Beukenhorst, Beatrice Bonanno, Eberhard Bons, Dirk Büchner, Johann Cook, Lorenzo Cuppi, Cécile Dogniez, Peter J. Gentry, Martijn Jaspers, Anna Kharanauli, Kristin Klaus, Gideon R. Kotzé, Jean Maurais,  J. Alberto Paredes, Camilla Recalcati, Jonathan A Thambyrajah, Michaël N. van Der Meer, Theo A. W. van der Louw, and Sarah Yardney. Scholars and students interested in different methods of studying the Septuagint will find in this collection new topics and directions for further Septuagint research.

Marieke Dhont is an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a FWF ESPRIT Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Salzburg.

Gideon R. Kotzé is Research Professor in the Focus Area Ancient Texts: Text, Context, and Reception at the Faculty of Theology of North-West University, South Africa.

Joshua Alfaro is an independent scholar specializing in the Septuagint, Hebrew Bible, and the book of Esther.

Alison G. Salvesen is Professor of Early Judaism and Christianity at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.