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ISA 5:1-7 LXX AND MARK 12:1, 9, AGAIN

ISA 5:1-7 LXX AND MARK 12:1, 9, AGAIN ISA 5:1-7 LXX AND MARK 12:1, 9, AGAIN by JOHN S. KLOPPENBORG Toronto Craig A. Evans has o V ered a learned and generous response to a paper published in this journal in 2002, disputing some of the con- clusions that I reached. 1 The purpose of his intervention is to defend the view that “Isaiah’s song of the Vineyard served as the original point of departure for the parable of the vineyard,” though he allows that the form of the allusion to Isa 5:1-7 may have been “secondarily Septuagintalized.” 2 In my paper I had come to a di V erent conclusion: that the allu- sion to Isaiah 5 in Mark 12:1, 9 is purely Septuagintal and hence, that there is no compelling reason to suppose that the parable, if it came from the historical Jesus, made explicit allusion to Isaiah. In this paper I shall summarize the arguments made in 2002, adding a few butressing points. This conclusion was based on a demonstration that the Septuagint’s rendering of Isa 5:1-7 MT involved a reconceptualizing of Isaiah’s parable, a reconceptualization visible in Mark. The LXX revised the Hebrew version in three main respects. First, it rationalized the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Novum Testamentum Brill

ISA 5:1-7 LXX AND MARK 12:1, 9, AGAIN

Novum Testamentum , Volume 46 (1): 12 – Jan 1, 2004

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Brill
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0048-1009
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1568-5365
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10.1163/156853604772719720
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ISA 5:1-7 LXX AND MARK 12:1, 9, AGAIN by JOHN S. KLOPPENBORG Toronto Craig A. Evans has o V ered a learned and generous response to a paper published in this journal in 2002, disputing some of the con- clusions that I reached. 1 The purpose of his intervention is to defend the view that “Isaiah’s song of the Vineyard served as the original point of departure for the parable of the vineyard,” though he allows that the form of the allusion to Isa 5:1-7 may have been “secondarily Septuagintalized.” 2 In my paper I had come to a di V erent conclusion: that the allu- sion to Isaiah 5 in Mark 12:1, 9 is purely Septuagintal and hence, that there is no compelling reason to suppose that the parable, if it came from the historical Jesus, made explicit allusion to Isaiah. In this paper I shall summarize the arguments made in 2002, adding a few butressing points. This conclusion was based on a demonstration that the Septuagint’s rendering of Isa 5:1-7 MT involved a reconceptualizing of Isaiah’s parable, a reconceptualization visible in Mark. The LXX revised the Hebrew version in three main respects. First, it rationalized the

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Published: Jan 1, 2004

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