Table Of ContentExodus
Septuagint Commentary Series
Editors
StanleyE.Porter
RichardS.Hess
JohnJarick
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Exodus
A Commentary on the Greek Text of Codex Vaticanus
By
DanielM.Gurtner
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2013
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CONTENTS
Preface.................................................................. vii
Abbreviations........................................................... ix
Introduction............................................................ 1
TextandTranslation.................................................... 30
Commentary............................................................ 171
Bibliography ............................................................ 489
IndexofAncientSources ............................................... 499
IndexofModernAuthors............................................... 520
PREFACE
A debt of gratitude is due to a host of people who helped in a variety of
aspects of this project. First is Dr. Moisés Silva for a stimulating course
on LXX Greek at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, which introduced me to the
discipline in general. Thanks to Dr. Stanley E. Porter for the invitation to
contributetothisimportantseriesandtoDr.RickHessforhisexpertisein
editing. Thanks go to the trustees, administration, and faculty colleagues
of Bethel Seminary for granting sabbatical leave for the Fall term 2009
and2012,duringwhichprogresswasmadeonthisbook.ThanksgotoDr.
MichaelW.Holmesforassistanceandguidanceinprocuringandevaluating
manuscriptevidence.
Thanks also go to a legion of teaching assistants, research fellows and
friends for their assistance on a variety of levels, including: Silas Morgan,
JoshuaM.Ford,JamesJordan,DieudonnéTamfu,ChristopherBrenna,Matt
Crutchmer,JohnLawrey,JohnathonBowers,MarkBatluck,andBrianTabb.
Thanks are due to Dr. Susan Brayford for generously making her work on
Genesisavailabletome.ThanksalsogotothelateProf.J.W.Weversforcorre-
spondenceandguidanceatseveralpoints.AspecialwordofthankstoSeth
Ehorn,whoaidedinresearch,assistedwithfonts,referencing,indexing,for-
matting,andaseeminglyendlessbarrageofminutia.
Thanksgoparticularlytomyfamily:mywifeBeth,mysonMatthew,and
daughtersKyraLynnandElishaFaith,fortirelesssupportandcreatingan
atmosphereofsheerjoyinourhome.
Whilethepresentworkhasbeensubmittedtothescholarlycommunity
forscrutinyandcritique,itis,moreimportantly,submittedtothegloryof
myLordandSaviorJesusChristasanactofobedientworship,ofwhichhe
aloneisworthy.Itwasinjoyfulobediencetohiscallingthatthisprojectwas
undertaken, and it is a testimony to his faithfulness that it is completed.
Errors that remain throughout this study simply testify to the enduring
frailtyofitsauthor.
Thisvolumeisdedicatedwithlovetomyparents,DonaldandMarilyn
Gurtner,inappreciationfortheirunfailingsupportandencouragementin
allmypursuits.
DanielM.Gurtner
St.Paul,Minnesota
Winter,2013
ABBREVIATIONS
GeneralAbbreviations
ANE AncientNearEastern
bce BeforetheCommonEra
BDAG Bauer, W., F.W. Danker, W.F. Arndt, and F.W. Gingrich. Greek-English
LexiconoftheNewTestamentandOtherEarlyChristianLiterature
BDB Brown, Francis W.S.R. Driver, and C.A. Briggs. AHebrewandEnglish
LexiconoftheOldTestament
BS LeBoulluec,A.andP.Sandevoir,LaBibled’Alexandrie.2.L’Exode
ce CommonEra
CS Conybeare,F.C.,andSt.GeorgeStock.GrammarofSeptuagintGreek
DSS DeadSeaScrolls
Exod Septuagint of Exodusor Exodusin general,without particular refer-
encetospecifictraditions.
ExodA SeptuagintofExodus:CodexAlexandrinus
ExodB SeptuagintofExodus:CodexVaticanus
fol. folio
Gk. Greek
GKC Gesenius,W.Gesenius’HebrewGrammar
H&R Hatch,Edwin,andHenryA.Redpath,AConcordancetotheSeptuagint
HALOT Koehler,L.,W.Baumgartner,andJ.J.Stamm.TheHebrewandAramaic
LexiconoftheOldTestament
Heb. Hebrew
L&N Louw,JohannesP.,andEugeneA.Nida.Greek-EnglishLexicon
LSJ Liddell,H.G.,R.Scott,H.S.Jones.AGreek-EnglishLexicon
Lust J.Lust,E.Eynikel,andK.Haupsie.AGreek-EnglishLexiconoftheSeptu-
agint
M&M Moulton,J.H.,andG.Milligan.VocabularyoftheGreekTestament
ms(s) manuscript(s)
MT MasoreticText
Muraoka Muraoka,T.AGreek-EnglishLexiconoftheSeptuagint
SCS SeptuagintandCognateStudies
SS Soisalon-Soininen,I.DieInfinitiveinderSeptuaginta
TDNT Kittel,G.,ed.TheologicalDictionaryoftheNewTestament
TLG ThesaurusLinguaGraeca
