Book Description

Title:

An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek., with an Appendix Containing the Letter of Aristeas edited by H. St. J. Thackeray [1869-1930]

Author:

Henry Barclay Swete [1835-1917]

Publication Year:

1900

Location:

Cambridge

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Pages:

595

Subjects:

Old Testament, Septuagint, LXX, Greek

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Part I. The Hustory of the Greek Old Testament and of its Transmission
1. The Alexandrian Greek Version
2. Later Greek Versions
3. The Hexapla, and the Hexaplaric and other Recensions of the Septuagint
4. Ancient Versions based upon the Septuagint
5. Manuscripts of the Septuagint
6. Printed Texts of the Septuagint
• Part II. The Contents of the Alexandrian Old Testament
1. Titles, Grouping, Number, and Order of the Books
2. Books of the Hebrew Canon
3. Books not included in the Hebrew Canon
4. The Greek of the Septuagint
5. The Septuagint as a Version
6. Text divisions: Stichi, Chapters, Lections, Catenae, &c.
• Part III. Literary use, Value, and Textual Condition of the Greek Old Testament
1. Literary use of the Septuagint by non-Christian Hellenists
2. Quotations from the Septuagint in the New Testament
3. Quotations from the Septuagint in early Christian writings
4. The Greek Versions as aids to Biblical Study
5. Influence of the Septuagint on Christian Literature
6. Textual condition of the Septuagint, and problems arising out of it
• Additions and Corrections
• Appendix. The Letter of Pseudo-Aristeas
1. Introduction
2. Text
• Indices
1. Index of Biblical references
2. Index of Subject-matter

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