The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople: Canon, New Testament, Church Fathers, Catenae

by Gilles Dorival

The Hebrew Torah was translated into Greek in Alexandria by Jewish scholars in the third century BCE, and other 'biblical' books followed to form the so-called Septuagint. Since the Septuagint contains a number of books and passages that are not part of the Hebrew Bible, the study of the Septuagint is essential to any account of the canon of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. However, the situation is complex because the Greek text of the Old Testament...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192898094
• ISBN13: 9780192898098
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"