This may be common knowledge, but . . . Henry Barclay Swete's Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint, 3 Volumes at http://ccel.org/s/swete/ Brooke,...
1. The LXX Vorlage (parent text) is extant. 2. Some DSS's reflect the LXX, (particularly where there are differences between the LXX and the MT). 3. Is it...
In Psalm 8:6[5], the MT uses ELOHIM (God), whereas the LXX uses AGGELOUS (Angels). For further discussion on the elohim(mt)---aggelous(lxx) difference, see the...
This question is marginally septuagintal, but may qualify at least insofar as glosses or scholia are often based on the LXX text. So, here goes. In terms of...
... Don't confuse punctuation with colometry, though related, they are not the same. ... No, I mean a KOLA, in Greek, hence "colometry". ... I don't there. I...
... still have the problem of a general lack of evidence of Jewish use of a codex until, what is it?, the late eighth century? First I would like to say...
Hey Group, I'm doing research on the Jeremiah quotations in the NT. Does anyone know where I can get comments that explains which text it is from (MT or LXX)...
Dear List-members, can anyone comment on the reason why the LXX version of Jeremiah is shorter by at least 25% than that of the MT version of Jeremiah. Best...
Hello all, This book review just arrived via Bryn Mawr review, and the articles in the book seemed to touch, if not advance, the recent conversation that has...
Sense and word divisions, and punctuation. http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qumdir.htm The Qumran Isaiah scroll Q or Qa (the so called Great Isaiah Scroll, that is...
In lxx@yahoogroups.com Larry Swain on 26 Aug. 2003 wrote "there's a manuscript I think in the Bodmer collection that contains Psalms, Daniel, and Thucydides....
I thought it might be useful to list and describe the various criteria in order that I'm using to determine whether ancient Jewish groups considered the set of...
Sorry folks, the following is both too long and too short. As an email it is far too long, as an explication of the issues engaged in, it is far too short and...
Thanks Steve. Is it unreasonable or impossible to request for the apparatus alongside the main text? Philip But I do care that when using an edition one...
... wonder whether what seemed to me like a fairly commonsensical deduction wasn't really a shot to far right center field (I mean my notion that a book, e.g.,...
Comparison of the MT and LXX Quotations of Deuteronomy 32:43 There is a difference between the LXX quotation of Deuteronomy 32:43 and the MT quotation of...
Along the lines of Tony's query, I'm teaching the Bible as Literature in the fall and I'm beginning with some discussion of Textual Criticism and the various...
Dear List Members, The LXX version of the book of Jeremiah is abut 1/8 shorter, or has 2700 less words than the MT of Jeremiah. The material in the LXX Jer ...
So, it looks like eventually I'm going to have to bite the bullet and purchase a hard-copy Septuagint for the textual apparatus. Anyone have any advice about...
James, Now that my long posts are done, I have a few things that I would like to ask of you. 1) Just what is it that you see the ancient world views as canon ...
... Sounds very good to me. I can cover the tip. Anyone else game? ... Given the time period, and the type of formulae that are used in referring to certain...
Greetings. I heard recently that the 2nd edition of Lust's LXX Lexicon has finally been published, but I can't seem to find the publisher, though I have...
HaHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get a load of this! http://www.politicsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5 Sorry guys but I just couldn't resist! This...
This is exactly what I was requesting and more. Thank you and God bless you all. I look forward to reading this list every morning. You have no idea how it ...
Thank you all for the scholarship of this list. I am constantly edified in my lurking. Someone recently mentioned to me a missing line in the MS version of Job...
Here is an another explanation : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/essene/message/1426 Heb. 10:5-7 = Ps. 40:7-9 (6-8) With sacrifices and offerings You are not...
Greetings. I am new here, and just beginning to try to understand the history of the Bible. In my research, I have come across mention of the Septuagint. I...
