This short post over at the Exegetical Tools blog draws attention to accessible introductions to the Septuagint. Several books on the Septuagint are mentioned: Invitation to the Septuagint, by Jobes and Silva The Septuagint (Understanding the Bible and Its World), by...
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Was there a “Septuagint Canon”?
That's an important question -- and the title of this post by John Meade over at the Logos Academic blog. It's worth a read, so check it out!
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 129: ETS-SBL Interviews with Scholars – Part 2
During the recent annual meetings for biblical studies scholars held in San Antonio, Dr. Heiser interviewed a number of scholars about their recent work. In Part 2 of those interviews, we meet Dr. Andy Naselli (New Testament professor at Bethlehem College and...
Important New Article on the Septuagint
I'm happy to announce and recommend this article by Ed Glenny: “The Septuagint and Biblical Theology." I'm even happier that it's freely accessible to all of you. Ed was my first Bible teacher way back in the day at Bible college. Listeners to the Naked Bible Podcast...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 104 – How We Got the Old Testament
The episode is live. Naked Bible Podcast Episode 104 offers a clear and myth-busting exploration of how the Old Testament—or Hebrew Bible—came to be recognized as authoritative Scripture. Dr. Michael Heiser carefully walks through the Jewish historical context,...
Naked Bible 78: Conference Interviews Part 2
Every year Mike attends the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR), the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR). This year Mike recorded short conversations with...
YHWH and the Septuagint
Larry Hurtado has some interesting remarks on a recent study by Septuagint scholar John Wevers on the translation of the divine name (YHWH) in the Septuagint. Hurtado summarizes parts of Wevers' essay, drawing out some fascinating patterns in the LXX. Readers with...
Introductory YouTube Lecture on the Septuagint
My friend David deSilva recently posted a lecture on the Septuagint on YouTube. I know many readers have an interest in LXX studies. David teaches for Ashland Seminary and has published widely in the areas of New Testament, the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and...
Heiser and deSilva: Apocrypha, Septuagint, and Some Wisdom Christology
Dr. David deSilva spent the last week here in Bellingham, WA at Logos. He's part of our Mobile Ed faculty. He gave us a introductory course on the Apocrypha. David has authored what I think is the best introduction to the Apocrypha (Introducing the Apocrypha: Message,...
Why Study Ancient Texts Outside the Bible?
It may seem amiss for this blog to recommend the reading and study of books external to the Bible - anything "non-canonical" or "uninspired." Actually, it isn't. This blog is called the Naked Bible because I want to present the Bible unfiltered through creeds and...
Should the Septuagint be Considered Inspired?
That's the question proposed for consideration in a post by a friend of mine, Gabe Martini ("Is the Septuagint a Divinely Inspired Translation?"). Nothing like a provocative headline! I thought you Septuagint fans out there would like it. Gabe is Orthodox and so he's...
Why Should You Care About the Septuagint?
Here's one answer. The link leads to the Oxford University Press website and points to a new book on the LXX. But it also contains a good overview answer to the question that I'd recommend to readers. Here's a related answer that I wrote for Bible and Spade in 2010....
Brief Nephilim Note
I've added an archive page devoted to the nephilim discussion to try and arrange those items. It includes comment material. Editor's note: content copied here for ease of access. In March 2013 I posted a response to some criticisms of my understanding of the word...
My Thoughts on Nephilim: Answering a Criticism
Some readers have drawn my attention to this recent criticism of my understanding of the morphology of the word nephilim. I left some comments on that blog site, but thought it would be worth a post here. I'll try to be brief (stop laughing). First, it is true that...
Scholarly Journal for Septuagint Studies Now Available Online
Thanks to Peter Gentry for this note. Thanks to the hard work of Ben Wright and Jay Treat, volumes 1-33 (1968-2000) of the Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (BIOSCS) are now available in PDF online. The IOSCS printed these...