Some Problems with Talking about ‘Septuagint Greek’
William A. Ross
Abstract While all agree that the language of Septuagint does not represent a Jewish dialect, scholarship has nevertheless struggled to find ways discussing without implying similar idea. Just as notions “biblical Greek” and “Jewish have rightly come under scrutiny, so also must scholars carefully reconsider “Septuagint sobriquets. admittedly helpful shorthand, such terminology may unintentionally license—or surreptitiously import—prescriptivist approaches are now widely abandoned in linguistic scholarship. This article presents ancient historical background surveys problematic common within contemporary illustrate its links (or lack thereof) with developments general linguistics. More up-to-date frameworks, particularly from sociolinguistics, provide better concepts for Septuagint. Attention is given evaluating absence external evidence matters style.
Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman period