This collection of articles is a Festschrift for prof. Johann Cook of Stellenbosch University. The articles present original research, new topics of study and novel insights on subjects related to the Septuagint, early Jewish sages and various ancient scriptures.

Randall X. Gauthier, Ph.D (2010), Stellenbosch University, resides in the United States and is a Research Fellow with the Department of Hebrew, University of the Free State. His writings include Psalms 38 and 145 of the Old Greek Version (Brill, 2014).
Gideon R. Kotzé, D.Th (2011), Stellenbosch University, is lecturer in ancient languages and cultures at that university. He has published articles and a book on textual criticism and Lamentations, including The Qumran Manuscripts of Lamentations: A Text-Critical Study (Brill, 2013).
Gert J. Steyn, D.D. (1994), University of Pretoria, D.Litt (2009), Stellenbosch University, is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Pretoria and Research Associate at the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal-Bethel, Germany. His publications include Septuagint Quotations in the Context of the Petrine and Pauline Speeches of the Acta Apostolorum (Kampen/Leuven, 1995) and A Quest for the Assumed Septuagint Vorlage of the Explicit Quotations in Hebrews (Göttingen, 2011).