Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Septuagint)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In Habbakuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai, Joshua Harper provides a foundational examination of the Greek texts of these books. The analysis is distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the texts. Harper’s exposition is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engages important text-critical debates, and addresses questions relating to the Greek text that are frequently overlooked by standard commentaries. Beyond serving as a succinct and accessible analytic key, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai also reflects recent advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and linguistics and is informed by current discussions within Septuagint studies. These handbooks prove themselves indispensable tools for anyone committed to a deep reading of the Greek text of the Septuagint.
- Engages important text-critical debates, and addresses questions relating to the Greek text
- Features a detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the texts
- Provides a foundational examination of the Greek texts
Joshua Harper has produced an impressive handbook that will be of great use to student and scholar alike. His discussions are careful and erudite, ably guiding the reader through the text. The grammatical analyses are clear and the commentary throughout—touching on discourse features, literary considerations, textual criticism, and the technique of the translator—evinces a rigorous engagement with these texts. For anyone wanting to read or do work in LXX Habakkuk, Zephaniah, or Haggai, they should do so with this book at hand!
—Christopher J. Fresch, Lecturer in Biblical Languages and Old Testament, Bible College of South Australia
This insightful work will be an invaluable resource to students of the Septuagint. Harper provides meticulous succinct analyses covering both simple and complex grammatical issues along with numerous important references to key research on the language. Those who accept the worthy challenge of engaging with the Old Greek of Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai will find this handbook an immensely helpful tool.
—JoAnna M. Hoyt, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Dallas International University
- Title: Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Septuagint)
- Author: Joshua L. Harper
- Series: Baylor Handbook on the Septuagint
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Pages: 230
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Resource ID: LLS:BHSHABZEP
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-07T21:37:44Z
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Joshua Harper
1/31/2023
Not sure how to correct my bio here, but I now teach at Dallas International University. I moved from AIU to DIU in 2017.