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The Legacy of Barthélemy: 50 Years after Les Devanciers d’Aquila

Contributions by Prof. Dr. Adrian Schenker, Contributions by Dr. Philippe Hugo, Contributions by Prof. Dr. AndrÃ©s Piquer Otero, Contributions by Prof. Dr. Pablo Torijano, Contributions by Prof. Julio Trebolle, Contributions by Dr. Raimund Wirth, Contributions by Dr. Gerard Norton O.P., Edited by emer. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anneli Aejmelaeus, Edited by Dr. Tuukka Kauhanen

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Les Devanciers dâ€™Aquila by Dominique BarthÃ©lemy (1963) is an epoch-making work on the textual history of the Septuagint. On the basis of his analysis of the Nahal Hever Minor Prophets Scroll, BarthÃ©lemy developed his theory of an early Hebraizing revision (so-called kaige revision), designed to bring the traditional text of the Septuagint closer to the Hebrew text, and recognized examples of it in the B-text of books such as Joshua, Judges, and Samuel-Kings. The work of these early Hebraizing revisers resembled the later very literal translation by Aquila; hence the name of the book, â€œthe predecessors of Aquilaâ€. Textual scholars of today continue in the footsteps of BarthÃ©lemy and work on the same questions that were raised in Devanciers: How extensive was the influence of the kaige revision and how can it be recognized? What is the nature of the Lucianic text: when does it represent the Old Greek and when does it give a stylistically revised text? What is the relationship between the kaige revision and Theodotionâ€™s revision of the Septuagint? The present volume mainly consists of papers presented at the 50th anniversary symposium of Les Devanciers dâ€™Aquila that was held in connection with the SBL International Meeting in St Andrews, Scotland, in 2013. The papers focus on history of research, case studies on the text of Samuel-Kings (1â€“4 Kingdoms), and studies on the text-historical position of specific witnesses.