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I<ItItJl"" BULLETIN SUBSCRIPTION / IOSCS MEMBERSHIP Send name, address, and U.S. $10 to: Dr. Peter Rint, IOSCS Treasurer Southwestern College 2625 E. Cactus Road Phoenix, Arizona 85032 U.S.A. In the Netherlands, send subscription price to: BULLETIN OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Dr. Arie van der Kooij FOR SEPTUAGINT AND COGNATE STUDIES Faculteit dec Godgeleerdheid Volume 27 Fall, 1994 Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden Postbus 9515, 2300 RA l..eiden Minutes of the IOSCS Meeting, Washington, D. C. 1 The Netherlands Treasurer's Report 4 Payment by Giro account 742325 News and Notes 5 In Canada. send subscription price to: Record of Work Published or in Progress 19 Dr. Robert Hiebert Cultic Vocabulary in the Septuagint 21 Gary Alan Chamberlain Ontario Bible College 25 Ballyconnor Court The Septuagint Translation of the Book of Joshua (Abstract) 29 Lea Mazor Willowdale, Ontario M2M 4B3 Canada The Variation Between BAI8AEEM and BH9AEEM 39 Saul Levin Copyright © 1994 by the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies BULL ETIN loses M INUTES OF THE l ose s MEETING Published Annually Each Fall by 20 November, 1993-WasbingtoD, D. C. THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR SEPTUAGINT AND COGNATE STUDIES Programme OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dean O. Wenthe, Concordia Theological Seminary "The Old Greek of P resident Honorary Presidents Daniel 4: Evidence for Multiple Semitic Editions in the Danielic Leonard Greenspoon John Wm Wevers Corpus" Religion Deparlmcnt Albert Piewrsma Nechama Leiter, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Abbreviations of the Clemson University Dept. Near HaSle.m Studies Lord's NameT' Clemson, South Carolina University of Toronto 29634-1508 U.S.A Toronto, MSS l Al Canada Frank Polak, Tel Aviv University, "The Minuses of the LXX in Jeremiah: A General Overview" Jm lll~ diatt! Past Prf)sidefll Vice Presidefll Peter W. Flint, University of Notre Dame, "Relationships between Specific Eugene Ulrioh Anneli Aejmelaeus University of Notre Dame Platz der Gott Sieben 2 Psalms Scrolls and the Septuagint Psalter" Notrc Dame, IN 46556 {J.S.A. Gliltingen, Germany Bernard Taylor, Lorna Linda, CA, ''The Creation of the Analytical Lexicon LO the Septuagint, A - on Editor Associate Editor Melvin K. H. Pcters Theodore Bergren Dept. of Religion Dept. of Religion Business Meeting Duke University Unlversity of Richmond Durham, NC 27708 U.S.A. Ricllrnond, VA 23173 U.S.A. The meeting was called to order at 6: 00 p.m. Treasurer Associate Treasure rs 1. The minutes of the Paris meeting were approved as read.. Peter Flint Arie Van dec Kooij Southwester.n College (The Netherlands) 2. The President reponed that the Organization will be meeting in 1994 in 2625 E. Cactus Road Robert Hiebert Chicago in conjunction with the AARlSBL and in 1995 in Cambridge, Phoenix, AZ 8503 2 U.S.A. (Canada England at the time of the IOSOT meetings. 3. The Treasurer's report was approved as read. The Treasurer reports that the Secretary Members at Large Benjamin Wright R. Geoffrey Jenkins balance shown on the current report does Dol reflect disbursements for Religious Studies University of Melbourne volume 25 of tbe Bulletin for which payment has not yet been made. Lehigh University Melbourne, Australia 4. The Editor's report was given on his behalf by the PresidenL. Volume 25 Bethlehem, PA 18015-3079 is now out and 26 is in preparation. As usual, members are reminded to U.S. A. Emanuel Tov Hebrew University submit reports on works in progress, bibliography and articles for Jerusalem, Israel inclusion in upcoming issues of the Bulletin. Members who have e­ Editor SBLSCS Series mail addresses and/or fax numbe~ are requested to send them to the Bemard A Taylor Robert A. Kraft Secretary (BGWI @LEHIGH.EDU) in order that they may be included in University Church University of Pennsylvania Lorna Linda, CA 92354 Philadelphia, P A 19104 our next membersbip listing in the Bulletin. In this connection, Bob U.S.A. U.S.A . Kraft reported that be is currently updating the Fritch-Brock-l ellicoe 2 Bulletin of the loses Minutes 3 bibliography in electronic form and he offered to make it available to Editor of SCS and Electronic Projects - Bernard Taylor interested scholars. At-large members - Robert Kraft (USA), 5. The report of the Editor of the Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series was Geoffrey Jenkins (Australia) approved. Three volumes have appeared: John Wevers, Notes on the Emanuel Tov (Israel) Greek Text of Genesis John Jariek, A Comprehensive Bilingual Concordance oftlie Hebrew and Greek Texts ofEcclesiastes and David New. Old Testament Quotalions in the Synoptic Gospels. Tbe membership offered an expression of thanks to Gene Ulrich for his Congratulations were offered 10 Bernard Taylor for the appearance of his service as President volumes with Scholars Press. The meeting was adjourned at 6: 17 p.m. 6. Old Business: Three items ofOld Business were discussed: Respectfully submitted, a. Ben Wright has been collecting information on institutions that Ben Wright, Secretary teach courses or offer degree programs in Septuagint Anyone who knows of such institutions is asked to contact him, if they have not already. The list will be made available wben it is fully compiled. b. The Organization has discussed in the past the possibility of awarding a prize for the best paper in Septuagint Studies by a graduate student or recent Ph.D. Ben Wright will draft a document describing such an award that can be discussed by the Executive Committee and presented to the membership at next year's meetings. c. Discussions concerning the New English Translation of the Sel'ltuagint (NETS) are ongoing. The Executive Committee has empowered the original committee to expand as it sees fit in order to broaden involvement in the project A fuller report is expected at next year's meetings. 7. New Business: lection of a new slate of officers to serve until 1996 was the sale item of New Business. Those elected were: Honorary President - Albert Pietersma Immediate Past President - Eugene IDrich President - Leonard Greenspoon Vice-President - Anneli Aejmelaeus Secretary - Benjamin Wright Treasurers. -Peter Fl.inl (USA) - Robert Hiebert (Canada) Editor of the Bulletin - Melvin Peters Associate Editor of the Bulletin - Theodore Bergren l oses TREASURER'S REPORT BIOSCS 27 (1994) 5-18 July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994 NEWS A ND NOTES Initial Balance (6/30/93) ........... ....... ......................... .... ........... $2776.38 Payments Received + $2646.21 7/08 (int) 5.12 7/23 (del') 96.00 CAMBRIDGE IOSCS MEETING 8/5 (inO 4.36 For 1995, The IOSCS will meet on Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 917 (int) 5.29 9110 (dep) 200.00 15 at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, in conjunction with the IOSOT. 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  • The Political Background of the Shiloh Oracle

    The Political Background of the Shiloh Oracle

    THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF THE SHILOH ORACLE BY JOH. LINDBLOM Lund The famous passage in "the Blessing of Jacob" (Gen. xlix) about the sceptre that shall not depart from Judah "until he comes to Shiloh" (or "until Shiloh comes") belongs to the most discussed passages in the Old Testament. Dozens of explanations have been brought forward, but none of them has been able satisfactorily to dispel the obscureness that covers the extraordinarily ambiguous words. The space I have at my disposai in this volume does not aUow me to give a report of the various explanations. I presume that aU the scholars who are going to read trus artide are weU acquainted with them. 1) Without spenrung many introductory words, I shall go directly in medias res, presenting an attempt of my own to solve the problem connected with the curious Judah orade v. 10, wruch has vexed so many generations of biblical scholars. I venture to do that although I have slight hopes that the debate will thereby be settled. In the ancient Hebrew poetry the tribe poem is a dearly distinguish­ able species though there are very scanty remnants of it in the Bibie. The tribe poem aimed at celebrating or blaming, from various points of view, the different tribes belonging to the group of tribes wruch reckoned Jacob as their ancestor and, after the occupation of the promised land, were comprised under the name of "Israel". Of this Hterature we have only two rustinct examples in the Old Testament: "the Blessing of Jacob" and "the Blessing of Moses" (Deut.