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... the connections between the literature of the Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, Samaritans, Septuagint, Deuterocanon, Dead Sea Scrolls, Classics, New Testament, Targums, Rabbinics, and early Christians.

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van der Kooij, Arie 'As Those Who Are Taught': The Interpretation of Isaiah from the LXX to the SBL Society of Biblical Literature, 2006
van der Bergh, Ronald H. "MT/LXX Contexts of Quotations in the New Testament: Isaiah 45:18-25" in Cook, Johann (ed.) Septuagint and Reception: Essays Prepared for the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa Brill, 2009
Ngunga, Abi T. Messianism in the Old Greek of Isaiah: An Intertextual Analysis Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013
Beale, G. K., and D. A. Carson Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament Baker Academic, 2007
Tov, Emanuel The Text-Critical use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research Eisenbrauns, 2015
Hogeterp, Albert L. Expectations of the End: A Comparative Study of Eschatological, Apocalyptic, and Messianic Ideas in the Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament Brill, 2009

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