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BULLETIN OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

FOR AND COGNATE STUDIES

Volume 23 Fall, 1990

Minutes of the lOSCS Meeting, Leuven 1

Treasurer's Report 5

News and Notes 6

Record of Work Published or in Progress 10

The Story of David and Goliath (ISam 17-18): Textual Variants and Literary Composition 16 Julio Trebolle

Evaluating Minority Variants Within Families of Greek Manuscripts 31 Bernard Taylor 9 !

BULLETIN lOSCS

Published Alllmally Each Fall by 1HE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR SEPTUAGINT AND COGNATE STIJDIES MINUTES OF THE lOSeS MEETING

OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITfEE 26 August, 1989~~Leuven,

President Honorary Presidents Programnu; Eugene Ulrich Harry M. Orlinsky Hebrew Union College Dept Theology Friday, 25 August University of Notre Dame Jewish Inst. Religion Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 One W. Fonrth Street New York, NY 10012 9.00 -10.30 Immediate Past President Albert Pietersrna John Woo Wevers Leonard 1. Greenspoon, Clemson University, "Its All Greek to Me: The Use Dept Near Eastern Studies Dept Near Eastern Studies of the Septuagint in Modern Translations of the Hebrew Bible" University of Toronto University of Toronto Anneli Aejmelaeus, University of Helsinki, "Translation Technique and the Toronto, Ontario MSS 1A1 Toronto, Ontario MSS 1A1 Intention of the Translators" Vice President MembersatLarge Arie van der Kooij, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, "On the End of the Book of 1 Anneli Aejme1aeus I Esdras" Robert Hanhart Septuaginta-Untemelnrten Oraskatu 3 c 26 I Theaterstrasse 7 SF-05880 Hyvinkiiii 11.00 - 12 .40 3400 Gottingen Finland I Secretary rrreasurer I John W. Wevers, University of Toronto, "The Gottingen Pentateuch: Some Leonard Greenspoon Emanuel Toy ! Post-Partum Reflections" Religion Dept. Dept of Bible Peter W. Flint, University of Notre Dame, "The Text of at Qumran and Clemson University Hebrew University I in the Septuagmt" Clemson, South Carolina Seppo SipiIa, University of Helsinki, "The Septuagint Version of the Book of 29634-1508 Joshua" Associate Ediror Walter R. Bodine Robert A. Kraft 1430 -16.00 5621 Tremont Dept Religious Studies Dallas, Texas 75204 University of Pennsylvania Olivier Munnich, Universite de -Sorbonne, "Daniel-Theodotian et ses sur­ , Pennsylvania revisions a et L" 19104 Raija SoHamo, University of Helsinki, "The Pleonastic Use of the Pronoun in Connection with the Relative Pronoun" Editor Publications Editor Jahan Lust, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, "Messianism in the Septuagint, Melvin K. H. Peters OaudeCox Jeremiah" Dept of Religion Grove Park Home Duke University P.O. Box 460 16.30 -18.00 Dnrham, North Carolina 27706 Barrie, Ontario lAM 4T7 Canada USA R. Ferdinand Poswick et Jean Bajard, Centre "Informatique et Bible", Maredsous, "Aspects statistiques des rapports lexicaux entre la LXX et Ie Texte Massoretique"

Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, "Progress Report on the BULLETIN lOses MINUTES 2 3

CATSS Project-Applied Research and Concordances" 16.30 - 18.15 Galen Marquis, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, "The CATSS Base for the Macintosh-Computerized Research on the LXX and MT for Everyone" Raymond A. Martin, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, "The Syntax Criticism of Baruch" S. Peter Cowe, Columbia University, New York, "The Armenian Version of 20.00 - 21.30 the Epistle of Jeremiah: Vorlage and Translation Technique" Takamitsu Muraoka, University of Melbourne, "Issues in the Septuagint Joan Annandal.e-Potgieter, University of South Africa, Pretoria, "The Priestly Lexicography" Orders In I Maccabees and in the Writings of Josephus" Anssi Voitila, University of Helsinki, "La Traduction de l'imparfait (yiqtol) hebreu dans l'histoire de Joseph grecque" Michael Thomas Davis, Princeton Theological Seminary, "!8ov EYW;:::" J :Ji1? : Business Meeting An Analysis of the Grounds for the Retroversion of an Apparent The meeting was called to order by the President, Eugene Ulrich at 6 p.m. 'Hebraism'" 1. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as amended. Saturday, 26 August 2. Ulrich mentioned the International Symposium on the Septuagint and its 9.00- 10.30 Relations to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Writings, to be held at the Marguerite Harl, Universit6 de Paris~Sorbonne,. ".Le renouv~l1e~ent du grec des University of from July 30 to August 2, 1990. This Septante d'apIes Ie temoignage des reV1slOlls, des cItatIOns et des notes conference is being organized by George Brooke and Barnabas Lindars. Several roscs members are on the program. He announced the lexicales des Peres" Geoffr~y Jenkins, University of Melbourne, "Colophons to the Syrohexapla establishment of a new group, The International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS). This organization was established earlier in and the Textgeschichte of the Hexaplaric Text" M~,a" Vi:'toria Spottorno, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, August at a meeting in Gronigen. Ulrich also reported that Marguerite , "The Lucianic and Byzantine Texts in the " Harl and her associates, principally Cecile Dogniez, are preparing a bibliographical survey of materials related to the Septuagint that will serve to update the Brock-Fritsch-Jellicoe bibliography of 1973. He reminded members that the lOSeS will meet next year in New Orleans. In 1992 the IOSOT will probably meet in Paris, and the IOS'CS, as it its .;.:Ill!ll"l~.el)Qlle-Barrera,Universidad Complutense, Madrid, "The Sigla 65* in custom, will hold its meetings that year on the Friday and Saturday prior of Kings" to the opening of the IOSOT sessions. "l"llIr.alil(YFetmmclez,-lvlarcos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones· Cientificas, 3. On behalf of BIOSeS editor Melvin Peters, Ulrich reported that volume 21 in Clrronic1es" l:~~,~;?';iji~l!P~~~;~~:;~:~~~r;:~,h~:~FText Paris-Sorbonne, I~n "Le mariage de Salomon" is out. Peters hopes to publish volume 22 before the end of this calendar year. That will get us back on schedule.

4. Greenspoon presented the treasurer's report. ,~,;., 'CI~ild"~~~~d~:~!;e~ Laurier University, Ontario, "Job's Final Soliloquy " the Old Greek Text (Job 29-31)" 5. In his report as an editor of the SCS monograph series, Cox presented a UnliYe:rsitY of Stellenbosch, "Hellenistic Influence in the LXX progress report on a number of SCS volumes: 0) John Kampen's study of 1 and 2 Maccabees is the most recent publication in the series; 16M Ramon Busto-Saiz, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, (2) Ted Bergren's monograph on the Fifth Ezra is is press; (3) Ben Madrid, "Wisdom 2:9: Text Criticism and Meaning" Wright's work on the Greek text of Sirach will be sent to press very BULLETIN IOses 4

IOses TREASURER'S REPORT soon; (4) Rob Hiebert's analysis of the so-called Syro-Hexaplaric Psalter is almost ready to go to press; (5) John Rarick's commentary July 1, 1989 - June 30,1990 on Koheleth has been accepted; (6) the proceedings of a symposium on the Septuagint, held in and organized by T. Muraoka, should be ready to go to press later this year, (7) George Brooke and Barnabas Lindars plan to publish the proceedings of next year's symposium in Initial Balance (6/30/89) ...... $227.50 Manchester as an SCS volume; (8) John Weyers will publish his Payments Received + $2473.52 textual commentary on Greek Exodus in our Series; (9) the proceedings of this year's lOSeS meeting will be edited by Cox who hopes to have 7(2.1/89 95.00 this volume ready for next year's lOSeS meeting in New Orleans. In 9/5 792.00 connection with this volume, Cox reminded all contributors to adhere 9/25 112.00 1