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In this commentary W. Edward Glenny provides a careful analysis of the Greek text and literary features of Micah based on its witness in the fourth century codex Vaticanus. The commentary begins with an introduction to Micah in Vaticanus, and it contains an uncorrected copy of Micah from Vaticanus with textual notes and a literal translation of that text. In keeping with the purpose of Brill’s Septuagint Commentary Series Glenny seeks to interpret the Greek text of Micah as an artifact in its own right in order to determine how early Greek readers who were unfamiliar with the Hebrew would have understood it.
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Micah
Septuagint Commentary Series Editors Stanley E. Porter Richard S. Hess John Jarick
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Micah A Commentary based on Micah in Codex Vaticanus
By
W. Edward Glenny
leiden | boston
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Glenny, W. Edward. Micah : a commentary based on Micah in Codex Vaticanus / by W. Edward Glenny. pages cm. – (Septuagint commentary series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-28539-2 (hardback : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-90-04-28547-7 (e-book) 1. Bible. Micah–Commentaries. 2. Bible. Micah. Greek Manuscript. Vat. Gr. 1209.–Versions–Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. 3. Bible. Micah. Greek. Septuagint–Translations into English. I. Bible. Micah. Greek. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana Manuscript. Vat. Gr. 1209. 2013. II. Bible. Micah. English. Glenny. 2013. III. Title. BS1614.G7S45 2015 224'.93077–dc23 2014041308
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Table of Contents Preface vii Abbreviations
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Introduction to the Commentary on Micah Text and Translation Commentary
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Bibliography 221 Index of References to Ancient Literature Index of Authors 245
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Preface This is a great time for the study of the Septuagint with interest in it and publications concerning it increasing at an extraordinary pace. In such an environment Brill’s Septuagint Commentary Series offers its readers a unique perspective on the text of the Septuagint. In this series we are attempting to study the Greek text as an artifact in its own right and primarily for its own sake, not as a witness to the developing tradition of the Hebrew text. It is very likely that many early readers of the Septuagint would have read it from this perspective, especially Christian readers. And this perspective offers valuable insights into the meaning the Septuagint would have had for its early readers. (See the introduction to the commentary on Micah for a comparison of the Brill Septuagint Commentary series with other Septuagint commentary series.) The past ten years my professi