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The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, was the ‘Bible’ of the early Christian Church. This is a comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the translation and development of the Septuagint. Professor Hengel first traces the history of the Septuagint. He explores the controversial discussion between Jews and Christians regarding its reliability, examining...

Unfortunately, we have only a very few chronological reference points for the historical details of this translation process.23 It is fundamental that these documents in their Greek form comprise no unity whatsoever; rather, each must be investigated individually, although they all naturally draw on the great linguistic reservoir of the Greek Pentateuch and are, to a significant degree, linguistically shaped by it. Especially interesting is the comparison with the pre-Masoretic and pre-Christian
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