INVITATION to the

SEPTUAGINT

second edition

Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva

Baker Academic

a division of Baker Publishing Group

Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 2000, 2015 by Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jobes, Karen H.

Invitation to the Septuagint / Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva.—Second Edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 978-0-8010-3649-1 (pbk.)

1. Bible. Old Testament. Greek—Versions—Septuagint. I. Silva, Moisés. II. Title.

BS744.J63 2015

221.4′809—dc23

2015020255

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are the authors’ translation.

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Scripture quotations labeled NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments for the First Edition

Abbreviations

Map

Time Line

Introduction: Why Study the Septuagint?

Part 1: The History of the Septuagint

1. The Origin of the Septuagint and Other Greek Versions

2. The Transmission of the Septuagint

3. The Septuagint in Modern Times

4. The Septuagint as a Translation

Part 2: The Septuagint in Biblical Studies

5. The Language of the Septuagint

6. Establishing the Text of the Septuagint

7. Using the Septuagint for the Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

8. The Judean Desert Discoveries and Septuagint Studies

9. The Septuagint and the New Testament

10. Interpreting the Septuagint

Part 3: The Current State of Septuagint Studies

11. Our Predecessors: Septuagint Scholars of a Previous Generation

12. Current Studies in Language and Translation

13. Reconstructing the History of the Text

14. Theological Development in the Hellenistic Age

Appendixes

A. Major Organizations and Research Projects

B. Reference Works

C. Glossary

D. Differences in Versification between English Versions and the Septuagint

E. Symbols and Abbreviations of the Göttingen Critical Apparatus

Indexes

Index of Hebrew/Aramaic Words and Phrases

Index of Greek Words and Phrases

Index of Scripture References

Index of Modern Scholars

Index of Subjects