http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/ Septuagint and Old Greek Studies Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:56:00 GMT Joel Kalvesmaki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3958 LXXers, Is anyone who might have easy access to the German translation of the Septuagint (the Psalter, specifically) willing to help a nonprofit choral Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:54:14 GMT James http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3957 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3957 This was shown to be spam. Do not open this link folks! James Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:02:17 GMT LXX List moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3956 Two member accounts have been placed on moderated status as a result of recent spam messages. This looks like it may become a more widespread problem. If so, Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:09:09 GMT Joe Dan Boyd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3955 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3955 hey have a look http://bit.ly/14vC4qx Joe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:06:17 GMT James http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3954 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3954 It's a good idea not to click on links that have no identity or explanation as to where they came from. I personally never do. James . Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:07:21 GMT everard johnston http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3953 hey have a look http://bit.ly/YeS8Zq everard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:29:49 GMT Joel Kalvesmaki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3952 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3952 Thanks for this clarification. Your note and Higbie's article, which I've just read, corroborates my earlier observation. In prose, books were numbered but Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:52:32 GMT William Yarchin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3951 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3951 "My question would be was there and sort of numbering system taht was employed by Jerome or Philo, by the Rabbics of the Exilic period, or back even to Solomon Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:42:54 GMT William Yarchin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3950 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3950 "Could you give an example of Greek literature's (prose, not poetry, right?) enumeration of book sections? I assume you mean subsections of books, or did you Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:26:56 GMT david lynn reedy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3949 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3949 My question would be was there and sort of numbering system taht was employed by Jerome or Philo, by the Rabbics of the Exilic period, or back even to Solomon Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:31:58 GMT Robert Kraft http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3948 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3948 I decided to check for numbered items in the materials I've been collecting for a projected updated version of Roberts and Skeat on the birth of the codex Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:33:53 GMT Joel Kalvesmaki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3947 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3947 Dear Bill (if I may), Your paragraph below esp. intrigued me. Could you give an example of Greek literature's (prose, not poetry, right?) enumeration of book Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:42:01 GMT William Yarchin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3946 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3946 On the Dead Sea Scrolls: The only numerical allusion to David?s compositions I know of from Qumran is the famous prose section in column 27 of the Cave 11 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:05:29 GMT William Yarchin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3945 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3945 Thank you, James, for the images of the Psalms-Canon. I think your note about the blurred lines between devotional and communal psalms-reading and ?chanting Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:52:25 GMT Joel Kalvesmaki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3944 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lxx/message/3944 As James mentions below, I've done some research on number symbolism. I'll register here some comments and questions, to supplement those from James and Bob.