Panel: SEPTUAGINT STUDIES: THE SEPTUAGINT IN CONVERSATION WITH HELLENISTIC GREEK



215.1 - CONTINUITY AND PERSEVERANCE: A PHILOLOGICAL STUDY OF A KEYWORD IN THE GREEK VERSIONS OF SIRACH

AUTHORS:
Scialabba D. (Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome/FSCIRE, Bologna ~ Rome ~ Italy)
Text:
This paper aims to analyse four significant words of the same root used in the Greek versions of the book of Sirach: ἐνδελεχίζω, ἐνδελεχής, ἐνδελεχισμός, ἐνδελεχῶς. The approach is chiefly philological and consists in comparing the Greek texts with extant Hebrew fragments. Furthermore, the paper explores the specific use of this word group in different occurrences in LXX Sirach against the background of the translated books of the Septuagint and non-biblical Greek, inscriptions included.