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This comprehensive yet user-friendly primer to the Septuagint (LXX) acquaints readers with the Greek versions of the Old Testament. It is accessible to students, assuming no prior knowledge about the Septuagint, yet is also informative for seasoned scholars. Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva, both prominent Septuagint scholars, explore the history of the LXX, the various versions of it available,...

The vast majority of verse numbers in the LXX and English Bible correspond, and readers approaching the Greek from the English should have no trouble finding the corresponding verse in the Greek. However, some verses in the English Bible do not appear in the LXX, an absence that becomes obvious only when one looks for them in a standard edition of the LXX. Additionally, some verses in the English Bible appear in the
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