Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Johnson, Reading David and Goliath in Greek and Hebrew

NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK:
Reading David and Goliath in Greek and Hebrew
A Literary Approach


[David und Goliath auf Griechisch und Hebräisch lesen. Ein literarischer Ansatz.]
2015. XIV, 270 pages.
Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe 82
79,00 €
sewn paper
ISBN 978-3-16-154046-2

Published in English.
Benjamin J. M. Johnson offers a literary reading of the two variant editions of the story of David and Goliath as found in the Hebrew and Greek traditions of 1 Samuel 16–18 and explores a method for reading the Septuagint as both a translation and a text in its own right.