Origen's Hexapla and Fragments by Alison SalvesenReview by: Tjitze BaardaNovum Testamentum, Vol. 43, Fasc. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 400-402Published by: BRILLStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561268 .

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six sections: 1) the codicological and palaeographical details, sometimes taken over second-hand (see p. 12); 2) the contents of the ms.; 3) ref- erences to any editions of the ms.; 4) citations of the ms. in a critical

apparatus, e.g. Vetus Latina, or an edition of the Vulgate; 5) a descrip- tion of the type of text (and here, of course, those texts that have been

thoroughly investigated for the Vetus Latina volumes already published (esp. VL 11, 12, 24, 25, 26) contain fullest information); 6) a select

bibliography. This latter is impressively up to date and helpful. For Codex Vercellensis (= a 3) Belsheim's edition of 1897 has not been

given. The Introduction describes the lay out of the book and also goes

into some detail on the significance and problems of recognising and

restoring the pre-Jerome Latin of the Bible. The comments on Baruch and other texts preserved in an Old Latin form, often in liturgical contexts, are of interest. An abbreviated German version of some of that Introduction is to be found in the Vetus Latina Bericht (1999), pp. 20-2.

The old register had a useful index (p. 35) listing the mss. arranged by their Biblical contents and another helpful index (pp. 36-9) showing the libraries owning the mss. Perhaps we shall see such indexes in Part II.

The level of accuracy is impressively high. On p. 11 the numbers 158A, 159B should read 159A and 159B. On p. 121 read H. G. Wood. To be consistent we should add (t73) after VL 26/2 on line 'Z'

(p. 114); cf. 56, 69, 70, 72. Ms. 95 is included (as AH) in VL 26/2

p. 28, and so that reference should be added to the index on p. 152 'Z'.

J. K. ELLIOTT

ALISON SALVESEN (ed.), Origen's Hexapla and Fragments, Papers pre- sented at the Rich Seminar on the Hexapla, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, 25th (sic, = July)-3rd August 1994,

Tiibingen, J. C. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1998, XVI + 500 pp., 228 DM. ISBN 3-16-146575-X

This rich book is the result of a scholarly 'Seminar on the Hexapla', held at Oxford and sponsored by the Rich Foundation. One of the outcomes of this conference is that plans were made for 'a new col- lection and edition of Hexaplaric fragments, from all sources and wit-

nesses, in a single corpus' (p. VI). The final contribution, written by Harold P. Scanlin, deals with problems and possibilities of such an

six sections: 1) the codicological and palaeographical details, sometimes taken over second-hand (see p. 12); 2) the contents of the ms.; 3) ref- erences to any editions of the ms.; 4) citations of the ms. in a critical

apparatus, e.g. Vetus Latina, or an edition of the Vulgate; 5) a descrip- tion of the type of text (and here, of course, those texts that have been

thoroughly investigated for the Vetus Latina volumes already published (esp. VL 11, 12, 24, 25, 26) contain fullest information); 6) a select

bibliography. This latter is impressively up to date and helpful. For Codex Vercellensis (= a 3) Belsheim's edition of 1897 has not been

given. The Introduction describes the lay out of the book and also goes

into some detail on the significance and problems of recognising and

restoring the pre-Jerome Latin of the Bible. The comments on Baruch and other texts preserved in an Old Latin form, often in liturgical contexts, are of interest. An abbreviated German version of some of that Introduction is to be found in the Vetus Latina Bericht (1999), pp. 20-2.

The old register had a useful index (p. 35) listing the mss. arranged by their Biblical contents and another helpful index (pp. 36-9) showing the libraries owning the mss. Perhaps we shall see such indexes in Part II.

The level of accuracy is impressively high. On p. 11 the numbers 158A, 159B should read 159A and 159B. On p. 121 read H. G. Wood. To be consistent we should add (t73) after VL 26/2 on line 'Z'

(p. 114); cf. 56, 69, 70, 72. Ms. 95 is included (as AH) in VL 26/2

p. 28, and so that reference should be added to the index on p. 152 'Z'.

J. K. ELLIOTT

ALISON SALVESEN (ed.), Origen's Hexapla and Fragments, Papers pre- sented at the Rich Seminar on the Hexapla, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, 25th (sic, = July)-3rd August 1994,

Tiibingen, J. C. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1998, XVI + 500 pp., 228 DM. ISBN 3-16-146575-X

This rich book is the result of a scholarly 'Seminar on the Hexapla', held at Oxford and sponsored by the Rich Foundation. One of the outcomes of this conference is that plans were made for 'a new col- lection and edition of Hexaplaric fragments, from all sources and wit-

nesses, in a single corpus' (p. VI). The final contribution, written by Harold P. Scanlin, deals with problems and possibilities of such an

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enterprise ('A New Edition of Origen's Hexapla: How It Might Be

Done', pp. 439-449). This is the goal of future research of a group of scholars formed at the Meeting ('The Hexapla Working Group'). But what is the starting point? As so often is the case in such joint pub- lications of experts on a specific theme, the average reader misses a short introduction to the status quaestionis. In this case, it would have been a great help if the editor would have given a short introduction to the problems of the reconstruction of the Hexapla, and an expla- nation of the terms Hexapla, Octapla, and Tetrapla, which so often occur in the collected essays. Then the reader would perhaps better understand why the following case studies were so important for the

study of the Hexapla, its goal, its transmission, and its recovery from the scattered fragments. Nevertheless, as we have said, we have here a rich book, which demonstrates what kind of fine scholarship is

required in the planned undertaking. The volume includes twenty articles which are worth mentioning

as useful tools for further studies on the many complicated problems of the 'recovery' of the Hexapla. J. Schaper deals with 'the origin and

purpose of the fifth column of the Hexapla' (3-15). He considers this column the centre of Origen's enterprise, which figured as 'a store- house of authoritative scriptural tradition and as an analytical tool'. Two studies deal with the insights of Max Leopold Margolis: S. Sipila discusses Margolis' view on the Origenic Recension of Joshua (16-38), LJ. Greenspoon enters into the same set of problems, dealing with the interesting but sad story of Margolis' Andreas Masius and his com-

mentary on the book of Joshua. Further, 'Hexaplaric Marginalia and the Hexapla-Tetrapla Question', dealing with some texts of the Psalms and Job (73-87), is a contribution of R.G. Jenkins, who also dealt with 'The first Column of the Hexapla. The Evidence of the Milan Codex

(Rahlfs 1098) and the Cairo Genizah Fragment (Rahlfs 2005)' (88- 102). The first two columns of the Hexapla are discussed by G.J. Norton, 'Observations on the First Two Columns of the Hexapla' (103- 124) and P.W. Flint, 'Columns I and II of the Hexapla: The Evidence of the Milan Palimpsest (Rahlfs 1098)' (125-132). Aquila is the subject of J.C. Treat, 'Aquila, Field, and the Song of Songs' (135-176). Symmachus is dealt with in A. Salvesen's 'Symmachus Readings in the Pentateuch' (177-198). Theodotion occurs in two studies: PJ. Gentry, 'The Place of Theodotion-Job in the Textual History of the Septuagint' (199-230), and T. McLay, 'It's a Question of Influence: The Theodotion and Old Greek Texts of Daniel' (231-254). All three later versions are

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the theme of a series of contributions: 'The Text-Critical Relevance of the Three in the Book of Jeremiah' (255-273) by G. Marquis, 'A Lexicon of the Three and the Transliterations in Ezekiel' (274-301) by J. Lust, 'Traveling with Aquila. Symmachus, and Theodotion in Armenia' (302-316) by C1. Cox, and M. Weitzmann's discussion of 'The Reliability of Retroversions of the Three from the Syrohexapla: A Pilot Study in Hosea' (317-359). An intriguing question has been posed by R.B. ter Haar Romeny, "'Quis Sit 6 2A)pos'" Revisited'

(361-398), and has been answered in such a way that it might have been an early stage of the Peshitta, but at the same time is still worth to be included in the new 'Field'. E. Ulrich weighs 'The Relevance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Hexaplaric Studies' (402-407); N.F. Marcos writes about 'The Textual Context of the Hexapla: Lucianic Texts and Vetus Latina' (408-420), andJ.M. Dennis, concludes the series of articles with a study of 'Jerome and the Hexapla: The Witness of the

Commentary on Amos' (421-436). A review of such a rich collection of articles devoted to so many

different aspects of the complicated study of the Hexapla does not allow the reviewer to enter into detail, but the overall impression that this volume leaves with the reader is that it forms an important step to the ultimate goal of these scholars to create a new 'Field'.

TJITZE BAARDA

STEPHEN G. WILSON and MICHEL DESJARDINS, eds., Text and Artifact in the Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity. Essays in Honour of Peter Richardson, Studies in Early Christianity and Judaism/Etudes sur le christianisme et le judaisme, no. 9 (Waterloo: Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses, by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000). xvi + 612 pp. Cloth, $69.95 (Cdn.).

Those who know Peter Richardson need no reminder of what a remarkable person he is. His level of interest in research, marked by so many respected publications, is matched by his interest in other

people, and his fairness and good nature are exemplary. It is in a

spirit of honour and emulation that Stephen Wilson and Michel

Desjardins have edited a fine collection of twenty-eight essays for Professor Richardson. These essays interpret religions of Greco-Roman

antiquity, using evidence in both written and material forms. This

the theme of a series of contributions: 'The Text-Critical Relevance of the Three in the Book of Jeremiah' (255-273) by G. Marquis, 'A Lexicon of the Three and the Transliterations in Ezekiel' (274-301) by J. Lust, 'Traveling with Aquila. Symmachus, and Theodotion in Armenia' (302-316) by C1. Cox, and M. Weitzmann's discussion of 'The Reliability of Retroversions of the Three from the Syrohexapla: A Pilot Study in Hosea' (317-359). An intriguing question has been posed by R.B. ter Haar Romeny, "'Quis Sit 6 2A)pos'" Revisited'

(361-398), and has been answered in such a way that it might have been an early stage of the Peshitta, but at the same time is still worth to be included in the new 'Field'. E. Ulrich weighs 'The Relevance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Hexaplaric Studies' (402-407); N.F. Marcos writes about 'The Textual Context of the Hexapla: Lucianic Texts and Vetus Latina' (408-420), andJ.M. Dennis, concludes the series of articles with a study of 'Jerome and the Hexapla: The Witness of the

Commentary on Amos' (421-436). A review of such a rich collection of articles devoted to so many

different aspects of the complicated study of the Hexapla does not allow the reviewer to enter into detail, but the overall impression that this volume leaves with the reader is that it forms an important step to the ultimate goal of these scholars to create a new 'Field'.

TJITZE BAARDA

STEPHEN G. WILSON and MICHEL DESJARDINS, eds., Text and Artifact in the Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity. Essays in Honour of Peter Richardson, Studies in Early Christianity and Judaism/Etudes sur le christianisme et le judaisme, no. 9 (Waterloo: Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses, by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000). xvi + 612 pp. Cloth, $69.95 (Cdn.).

Those who know Peter Richardson need no reminder of what a remarkable person he is. His level of interest in research, marked by so many respected publications, is matched by his interest in other

people, and his fairness and good nature are exemplary. It is in a

spirit of honour and emulation that Stephen Wilson and Michel

Desjardins have edited a fine collection of twenty-eight essays for Professor Richardson. These essays interpret religions of Greco-Roman

antiquity, using evidence in both written and material forms. This

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