Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Vetus Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
71,4-5 (2021) 704–717
Keywords:
Ptolemaic dynasty,
;
Bible. Versions
;
Septuagint
;
Inheritance and succession
;
Covenant theology Biblical teaching
;
Greek language, Biblical Terms and phrases
Abstract:
In this article, we observe that in Ptolemaic testament papyri the full proprietorship of the patrimony was not immediately transferred to heirs, and that, by διαθήκη, heirs could acquire only the “usufruct” (the right to use the land) during the lifetime of the testator. From this perspective, this study proposes that the translators of LXX Genesis selected the Greek equivalent διαθήκη for the Hebrew word בְּרִית because the term διαθήκη referred to the bestowal of the usufruct. In LXX Genesis, Abraham, Isaac, and all living beings did not possess the proprietorship of the land by διαθήκη even though they could use the land.
DOI:
10.1163/15685330-00001111
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