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Presentation of a book to Stellenbosch University Library
Author: Prof. Johann Cook
Published: 21/07/2020

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On the photo, Prof. Johann Cook (left), Emeritus of the Department of Ancient Studies, presents a copy of the proceedings of a congress that took place in 2018 in Stellenbosch to Niel Hendriksz (right), who is currently the Faculty Librarian: Arts and Social Sciences and was for a long time the subject librarian of the Department of Ancient Studies. Niel also prepared the book exhibition for the 2018 Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Stellenbosch, when Prof. Cook was the President. This book contains the proceedings of a congress on the Septuaginta (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) and is entitled Toward the Formulation of a Theology. Stellenbosch Congress on the Septuagint, 2018 (Johann Cook and Martin Rösel [eds.]), SBL: Leiden, 2020). In this collection the congress theme is discussed by 19 authors from South Africa and abroad.