Nómos/nómoi in the Septuagint and the Letter to the Hebrews
Νόμος/νόμοι in the Septuagint and the Letter to the Hebrews
This article explores the usage of plural νόμοι versus singular νόμος throughout the whole corpus of the Greek Bible. Obviously, the singular is predominant. If we put aside later variants and textual traditions, the rare passages where the plural νόμοι is used (in Proverbs, Jeremiah, Esther, and 2...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Novum Testamentum
Year: 2023, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 498-516 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nomos
/ nomos
/ Bible. Jeremia 31
/ Hebrews
/ Translation
/ Septuaginta (Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament HC New Testament HD Early Judaism NAA Systematic theology NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Jeremiah
B Epistle to the Hebrews B Torah B Septuagint B Nomos |
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| Summary: | This article explores the usage of plural νόμοι versus singular νόμος throughout the whole corpus of the Greek Bible. Obviously, the singular is predominant. If we put aside later variants and textual traditions, the rare passages where the plural νόμοι is used (in Proverbs, Jeremiah, Esther, and 2 Maccabees) mutually elucidate each other: the plural occurs where the translators wanted to stress that the law(s) in question should be distinguished from the Torah. With respect to Jer 31:31–34 (LXX 38:31–34) and the quotations from it in Hebrews, the article demonstrates that the plural νόμοι in the LXX cannot be explained by the Vorlage, as many modern researchers suggest, but was a conscious device used by the LXX translator. The aim of the translator, followed by the author of Hebrews, was to stress the distinction between the Law of Moses and the Laws of the New Covenant. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10057 |