Description: Chapter 1 Introduction 1. The Nature and Purpose of this Study 2. The State of Discussion 3. The Method of this Study Chapter 2 The Translator as Reader 1. Actualizing Interpretation and Contextual Readings in LXX Isaiah 2. Pericope Delimitation in LXX Isaiah and Early Textual Witnesses 2.1. LXX Isa 1:21-27 2.2. LXX Isa 2:5; 2:10; 3:13 2.3. LXX Isa 6:1 2.4. Pericope Delimitation and Reading 3. Contextual Awareness as Reading Strategy 4. Reading Strategy and Ideological Imprints 5. A Case Study: LXX Isa 8:11-16 5.1. Parallel Translation 5.2. Analysis 6. Summary Chapter 3 Eschatological Traditions in LXX Isaiah 1-12 1. LXX Isa 2:2-4 1.1. The Mount of the Lord 1.2. The Way of the Lord 2. LXX Isa 4:2-6 2.1. The Rendering of xmc 2.2. The boule of God 2.3. The Manifestation of the Lord's boule "with glory upon the earth" 2.4. The Limited Duration of God's Wrath 2.5. The Exaltation and Glorification of the Remnant 2.6. Exaltation and Security in the Lord's Mountain 3. Summary Chapter 4 The Messianic Oracles (1): LXX Isa 7:14-16 1. LXX Isa 7:14-16: Translation and Analysis 1.1. The Rendering of hml' by parthenos 1.2. The Futuristic Rendering of hml' 1.3. The Naming of the Child 1.4. The Heightened Character of Immanuel 2. LXX Isa 7:14-16 in Context 2.1. The Eschatological Dimension 2.2. Immanuel as the Inaugurator of an Eschatological Era? 2.3. Historical References and Reading Strategies 2.4. The Systematic "Toning Down" of LXX Isaiah 7 2.5. The Portrayal of Ahaz 3. Summary Chapter 5 The Messianic Oracles (2): LXX Isa 9:5(6)-6(7) 1. LXX Isa 9:5(6)-6(7): Translation and Analysis 1.1. The Futuristic Casting of the Oracle 1.2. The Angel of Great Counsel 1.2.1.The aggelos as Priestly Figure 1.2.2.The aggelos as Angelic Figure 1.3. The Bringer of Peace upon the Rulers 1.4. The "Spatiality" of the Messianic Kingdom 2. LXX Isa 9:5(6)-6(7) in Context 2.1. The Judean Setting of the Oracle 2.2. LXX Isaiah and Maccabean Ideology 2.3. The Temple in Leontopolis and Judean Ideology 2.4. &nb

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