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The Old Testament in Greek : According to the Text of Codex Vaticanus, Supplemented from Other Uncial Manuscripts, with a Critical Apparatus Containing the Variants of the Chief Ancient Authorities fo

Brooke, Alan England(Edited by)McLean, Norman(Edited by)Thackery, Henry St John(Edited by)
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This incomplete, early twentieth-century edition was one of the first modern attempts to bring textual criticism to bear on the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Hebrew scriptures which originated in the third century BCE.

It is still widely consulted today. Originally issued in nine parts between 1906 and 1940, this reissue is bound in four volumes.

This, the final volume, contains the books of Esther, Judith, and Tobit.

Following Swete's smaller Septuagint (1887-1894) the running text is that of Codex Vaticanus (B) supplemented by Codex Alexandrinus (A) or N when B is defective.

The edition includes an extensive critical apparatus, citing key uncial manuscripts and fragments, twenty-seven cursive manuscripts, many freshly collated for the edition, the Sahidic, Ethiopic, Syriac and Old Latin versions, and quotations from Latin writers including Cyprian and Augustine.

It remains an invaluable resource for the study of the Septuagint.

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Cambridge University Press
1108007066 / 9781108007061
Paperback / softback
221
25/02/2010
United Kingdom
164 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
210 x 297 mm, 410 grams
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