Texts > Septuagint

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)

General Articles and Essays

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

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

Organizations

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

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

• 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
• 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)
• 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., 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)
• 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)

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