The Old Testament in Greek (Paperback)

Alan England Brooke

ISBN 10: 1108007066 / ISBN 13: 9781108007061

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010

About this Item

Paperback. This incomplete, early twentieth-century edition was one of the first modern attempts to bring textual criticism to bear on the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Hebrew scriptures which originated in the third century BCE. It is still widely consulted today. Originally issued in nine parts between 1906 and 1940, this reissue is bound in four volumes. This, the final volume, contains the books of Esther, Judith, and Tobit. Following Swete's smaller Septuagint (18871894) the running text is that of Codex Vaticanus (B) supplemented by Codex Alexandrinus (A) or N when B is defective. The edition includes an extensive critical apparatus, citing key uncial manuscripts and fragments, twenty-seven cursive manuscripts, many freshly collated for the edition, the Sahidic, Ethiopic, Syriac and Old Latin versions, and quotations from Latin writers including Cyprian and Augustine. It remains an invaluable resource for the study of the Septuagint. The final volume of this influential but unfinished early twentieth-century edition of the Septuagint contains the books of Esther, Judith, and Tobit. Its extensive critical apparatus remains a widely respected work of biblical textual criticism and is an invaluable resource for biblical scholars today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Old Testament in Greek (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108007066
• ISBN 13: 9781108007061
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

This incomplete, early twentieth-century edition was one of the first modern attempts to bring textual criticism to bear on the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Hebrew scriptures which originated in the third century BCE. It is still widely consulted today. Originally issued in nine parts between 1906 and 1940, this reissue is bound in four volumes. This, the final volume, contains the books of Esther, Judith, and Tobit. Following Swete's smaller Septuagint (1887–1894) the running text is that of Codex Vaticanus (B) supplemented by Codex Alexandrinus (A) or N when B is defective. The edition includes an extensive critical apparatus, citing key uncial manuscripts and fragments, twenty-seven cursive manuscripts, many freshly collated for the edition, the Sahidic, Ethiopic, Syriac and Old Latin versions, and quotations from Latin writers including Cyprian and Augustine. It remains an invaluable resource for the study of the Septuagint.

Book Description

The final volume of this influential but unfinished early twentieth-century edition of the Septuagint contains the books of Esther, Judith, and Tobit. Its extensive critical apparatus remains a widely respected work of biblical textual criticism and is an invaluable resource for biblical scholars today.