Riemer Roukema - Micah in Ancient Christianity: Reception and Interpretation

Riemer Roukema

Micah in Ancient Christianity

Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR)

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Riemer Roukema

Reception and Interpretation

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2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

To the memory of Tjitze Baarda

(19322017)

The origin of this book lies in Strasbourg, where I worked as professor in the history of ancient Christianity and patristic studies at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the then so called Universit Marc Bloch from 2000 to 2002. I was invited to participate in a team that was to compose the volume on Micah in the series La Bible dAlexandrie, which consists of French translations of the Septuagint, including extensive annotations and introductions. My task would be to research the patristic interpretation of Micah, so that its results could be included both in the annotations to the translation and in the introduction. I accepted the invitation, and as a team we continued to work on the project after I returned to the Netherlands, where for the time being I finalized my research. However, for reasons that are not relevant here, the completion of the volume Miche of La Bible dAlexandrie was delayed. When it was clear to me that for the coming years its publication could not be expected, I decided to rewrite my French document in English, to add detailed references to the ancient sources footnotes that were not required in the French series and to expand it with other material. This has resulted in this book, whose scope considerably exceeds my original French introduction and notes.

For my research I have benefited from the help of several colleagues. My thanks go to Jan Joosten for drawing my attention to the book of Micah and for sharing his insights into its version in the Septuagint; to Mats Eriksson for sending a copy of his PhD thesis on Hesychius of Jerusalems Scholia on the Twelve Prophets; to Adelrich Staub osb for lending a copy of his PhD thesis on Jeromes Commentary on the Twelve Prophets; to Thomas Scheck for sending the translation of Jeromes Commentary on Micah before it was published; to Hans van Loon for elucidating some passages of Cyril of Alexandria; to Frans van Liere for a scan of Rahmers book on Jeromes use of Jewish sources and for his reference to Andrieus Ordines Romani; to Lucas Van Rompay for his information on Syriac literature and some recent publications; to Gerard Rouwhorst for his comments on my earlier paper on the Improperia; to Stefan Roy for clarifying my questions about the Byzantine Typika; to Barry Hartog for his remarks on Jesus alleged quotation from Mic 1:7 in Jewish sources; to the librarians of the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam and Groningen for supplying many books and articles from our own and other libraries; to the librarians of the Theological University in Kampen (Broederweg), the University of Groningen, and VU University in Amsterdam; to Jacob Faber for improving the English style of some of the shorter chapters; to Anthony Runia who has checked and corrected my English in the whole book (though I am responsible for remaining errors); to Jesse de Bruin for his assistance in compiling the bibliography; and to Lily Burggraaff who has always shown her interest in the progress of this work.

ABD

Anchor Bible Dictionary

ABRL

Anchor Bible Reference Library

ACCS.OT

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old Testament

ACT

Ancient Christian Texts

ACW

Ancient Christian Writers

AGLB

Aus der Geschichte der lateinischen Bibel

AKG

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte

ALW

Archiv fr Liturgiewissenschaft

AnBib

Analecta Biblica

AncB

Anchor Bible

ArBib

The Aramaic Bible

ATD

Das Alte Testament Deutsch

Aug.

Augustinianum

AW

Athanasius Werke

BCNH.E

Bibliothque Copte de Nag Hammadi. Section tudes

BCNH.T

Bibliothque Copte de Nag Hammadi. Section Textes

BdA

La Bible dAlexandrie

BECNT

Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

BEL

Bibliotheca Ephemerides Liturgicae

BEThL

Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium

BGL

Bibliothek der griechischen Literatur

BibAr

The Bible in Aramaic

BibM

Biblioteca Midrsica

BJS

Brown Judaic Studies

BK.AT

Biblischer Kommentar. Altes Testament

BKP

Beitrge zur klassischen Philologie

BP

Biblioteca Patristica

BT

Bibliothque de thologie

BZNW

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

CAGr

Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca

CBET

Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology

CCCM

Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis

CCSG

Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca

CCSL

Corpus Christianorum Series Latina

CEA

Collection dtudes anciennes

CFi

Cogitatio Fidei

CHL

Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum

CSCO.I

Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium Scriptores Iberici

CSCO.S

Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium Scriptores Syri

CSEL

Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum

CSHJ

Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism

CThM

Calwer theologische Monographien

DACL

Dictionnaire darchologie chrtienne et de liturgie

DJD

Discoveries in the Judaean Desert

EdF

Ertrge der Forschung

EKK

Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament

EncJud

Encyclopedia Judaica

EPRO

tudes prliminaires aux religions orientales dans lempire romain

EtAug.SA

tudes augustiniennes. Srie Antiquit

EvTh

Evangelische Theologie

FaCh

Fathers of the Church

FC

Fontes Christiani

GCP

Graecitas Christianorum Primaeva

GCS

Die Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller

GCS NF

Die Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller Neue Folge

HAW

Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft

HThR

Harvard Theological Review

HTS

Hervormde Teologiese Studies

IEJ

Israel Exploration Journal

IP

Instrumenta Patristica

IThS

Innsbrucker theologische Studien

JNSL

Journal of Northwest Semitic Languanges

JCP

Jewish and Christian Perspectives

JLH

Jahrbuch fr Liturgik und Hymnologie

JPTh

Jahrbuch fr Protestantische Theologie

JQR

Jewish Quarterly Review

JThS

Journal of Theological Studies

JudChr

Judaica et Christiana

KEK

Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar ber das Neue Testament

Lat.

Lateranum

LCL

Loeb Classical Library

LeDiv

Lectio Divina

LLJC

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

LNTS

Library of New Testament Studies

LXX.H

Handbuch zur Septuaginta / Handbook of the Septuagint

MHS.L

Monumenta Hispaniae Sacra. Series Liturgica

MMB.L

Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae. Lectionaria

NETS

New English Translation of the Septuagint

NHC

Nag Hammadi Codex

NHMS

Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies

NHS