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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...

PREFACE With the Septuagint, it is the same as in Goethe’s lines: Poems are painted window panes! From the market one looks into the church, Where all is dark and sombre … A considerable number of theologians regard the Septuagint as Goethe views the poems in ‘der Herr Philister’: they know it, if at all, merely from the outside, and are therefore able to do little with it. At best, it has a subservient function, for example in aiding the establishment of the text of the Hebrew Bible, as proof of
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