Texts > Septuagint

Individual Books

For books that are also in the Tanakh, please see the entries under Texts > Tanakh.

Canonical Shape

• The Order of the Books in the Greek Old Testament - by Greg Goswell, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (2009)

Ecclesiastical Use

• The Greek Old Testament in the Christian Church - by H.B. Swete, The Interpreter 5 (1908/09)

Introduction

• The Old Testament in Greek, I - by H. B. Swete, The Interpreter 5 (1908/9) 17–33
• The Old Testament in Greek, Part I - by F. F. Bruce, The Bible Translator 4 (1953) 129–135, reprinted from The Books and the Parchments (1952)
• The Old Testament in Greek, Part II - by F. F. Bruce, The Bible Translator 4 (1953) 156–162, reprinted from The Books and the Parchments (1952)

New Testament Use

• When God Spoke Greek: The Place of the Greek Bible in Evangelical Scholarship - by Karen J. Jobes, Bulletin for Biblical Research 16 (2006) 219–236

Online Resources

• The Septuagint: Theological and Academic Resources for the Study of the Septuagint and Old Greek Versions - index of online and offline resources, compiled by Joel Kalvesmaki

Online Texts

• Codex Sinaiticus - online facsimile edition
• Septuaginta - Rahlfs/Harnhart edition, provided by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Organizations

• German Septuagint Translation Project
• International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies

Origins

• Graetz's Theory of the LXX - by H.B. Swete, The Expository Times 2 (1891); full text
• Origin, Contents, and Language of the Septuagint; other Greek versions of the Old Testament - by H.B. Swete, The Interpreter 5 (1908/09)
• The Letter of Aristeas: Translated, with an Appendix of Ancient Evidence on the Origin of the Septuagint - by Henry St. John Thackeray (SPCK, 1917)
• The Septuagint and Jewish Worship: A Study in Origins - by Henry St. John Thackeray (SPCK, 1921)

Text-Critical Value

• The Septuagint and the Text of the Old Testament - by Peter J. Gentry, Bulletin for Biblical Research 16 (2006) 193–218

Translation Features

• Hebrew Syntax in the Organization of Laws and its Adaptation in the Septuagint - by John Zhu-En Wee, Biblica 85 (2004) 523–544
• Some Alleged Confusions in Translation from Hebrew to Greek - by Trevor V. Evans, Biblica 83 (2002) 238–248

See also individual biblical books under Texts > Tanakh.

Book Reviews

• Excerpts from Invitation to the Septuagint by Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva

• Ausloos, H., F. García Martínez, M. Vervenne, J. Cook, and B. Lemmelijn, eds., Translating a Translation: The LXX and Its Modern Translations in the Context of Early Judaism (Peeters, 2008) - reviewed by Tuukka Kauhanen, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Baer, David A., When We All Go Home: Translation and Theology in LXX Isaiah 56–66 (Sheffield, 2001) - reviewed by Arie Van Der Kooij, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Beck, John A. , Translators as Storytellers: A Study in Septuagint Translation Technique (Lang, 2000) - reviewed by Roger Good, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• De Troyer, Kristin, Rewriting the Sacred Text: What the Old Greek Texts Tell Us about the Literary Growth of the Bible (SBL/Brill, 2003) - reviewed by A. Graeme Auld, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• deSilva, David A., Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Signficance (Baker, 2002) - reviewed by Eric Noffke, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Fernández Marcos, Natalio, Introducción a las versiones griegas de la Biblia (Instituto de Filología del CSIC, 1998) - reviewed by Michael H. Floyd, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Greenspoon, Leonard and Olivier Munnich, eds., VIII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies: Paris 1992 (SBL, 1996) - reviewed by Gerard Norton, TC 1 (1996)
• Harl, Marguerite, Cécile Dogniez, Laurence Brottier, Michel Casevitz, and Pierre Sandevoir, eds. La bible d'Alexandrie: Les douze prophètes 4–9, Joël, Abdiou, Jonas, Naoum, Ambakoum, Sophonie (CERF, 1999) - reviewed by Melvin K. H. Peters, Review of Biblical Literature
• Hengel, Martin, The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon (Baker, 2002) - reviewed by Walter Pilgrim, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2007)
• Jobes, Karen H. and Moisés Silva, Invitation to the Septuagint (Baker, 2000)
  • Reviewed by James Barr, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
  • Reviewed by Clayton Stirling Bartholomew, TC 6 (2001)
• Lust, J. et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint (American Bible Society, 2004), pts. 1–2 - reviewed by Bernard A. Taylor, TC 3 (1998)
• Muraoka, Takamitsu, Hebrew/Aramaic Index to the Septuagint Keyed to the Hatch-Redpath Concordance (Baker, 1998) - reviewed by Gary N. Knoppers, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• O'Connell, Séamus, From Most Ancient Sources: The Nature and Text-Critical Use of the Greek Old Testament Text of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible (Academic/Vandenhoech & Ruprecht, 2006) - reviewed by Anneli Aejmelaeus, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Peters, Melvin, ed., XII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Leiden, 2004 (Atlanta/Leiden: Society of Biblical Literature/Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Michael Tilly, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Pietersma, Albert (trans.), A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included under that Title: The Psalms (Oxford, 2000) - reviewed by Gerard J. Norton, TC 6 (2001)
• Sollamo, Raija, Repetition of the Possessive Pronouns in the Septuagint (Scholars Press, 1995) - reviewed by David L. Washburn, TC 1 (1996), with a response by the author
• Taylor, Bernard A., Analytical Lexicon to the Septuagint (Expanded Edition) (Hendrickson, 2009) - reviewed by Martin Roesel, Review of Biblical Literature (2010)
• Taylor, Bernard A., X Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Oslo, 1998 (SBL, 2001) - reviewed by Tim McLay, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Tov, Emanuel, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint (Brill, 1999) - reviewed by Martin Rösel, Review of Biblical Literature (2001)
• van der Louw, Theo A. W., Transformations in the Septuagint: Towards an Interaction of Septuagint Studies and Translation Studies (Peeters, 2007) - reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Veltri, Giuseppe, Libraries, Translations, and ‘Canonic’ Texts: The Septuagint, Aquila and Ben Sira in the Jewish and Christian Traditions (Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Pancratius Beentjes, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Wade, Martha Lynn, Consistency of Translation Techniques in the Tabernacle Accounts of Exodus in the Old Greek (Society of Biblical Literature/Brill, 2003) - reviewed by Galen Marquis, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Wasserstein, Abraham and David J. Wasserstein, Legend of the Septuagint: From Classical Antiquity to Today (Cambridge, 2006)
  • Reviewed by Karen H. Jobes, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (December 2006)
  • Reviewed by John Mason, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)

See also individual entries on texts of interest in Texts > Tanakh.