Brill Septuagint Studies Collection (2 vols.)

The Brill Septuagint Studies Collection (2 Vols.) combines the premier introductory text on the Septuagint with thirty-eight collected essays of Emanuel Tov, one of the Septuagint's leading scholars. Together, they function to provide an essential starting point for studying … more

The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon by Martin Hengel

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 … more

Tobit and Judith by Benedikt Otzen

…problems between real history and historical fiction, the genres and purposes of the two books, and the literary and religious motives of the tales. Also dealt with are textual problems such as the Greek text in the Septuagint vs. Hebrew and Aramaic Tobit-fragments from Qumran.   Save more … more

Annals of the Jewish Nation during the Period of the Second Temple by Archibald Alexander

…Cyrus, Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Herod, Josephus, and Nero. In this meticulously researched volume, Alexander also chronicles the dissolution of Babylon, the development of the Septuagint, the rise of the Roman Empire, and the destruction of Jerusalem. With the Logos Bible Software … more

The Targums from the Files of the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project

…translations of the Hebrew scriptures. The Targums are important source documents that can be compared with the Septuagint in terms of their significance for doing text criticism, understanding the history of biblical interpretation, and studying the New Testament use of Hebrew scriptures. Many … more

Josephus, the Bible and History

…Bible," by Sid Z. Leiman "Josephus' Jewish Antiquities and Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities," by Louis H. Feldman "Josephus' Biblical Text for the Books of Samuel," by Eugene Ulrich "Josephus, the Letter of Aristeas, and the Septuagint," by André Pelletier "Josephus and I Maccabees," … more

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible by Eugene Ulrich

…Scrolls. One of the translators of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, he has authored numerous articles and has served as editor of the Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, and served on the editorial boards of the Catholic Biblical … more

English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the NRSV Apocryphal Texts by Michael Aubrey

…study. These texts provide historical and cultural insight as well as linguistic information to use in one’s study. The English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the NRSV Apocryphal Texts is an alignment between the apocryphal portions of the NRSV and the Septuagint (LXX). It aims to assist in … more

The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church by Roger Beckwith

…Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs and Esther was the subject of rabbinical argument in the first three centuries A.D., while in the sixteenth century the Reformers and the Church of Rome clashed over the authority of the Apocrypha, found in the Christian Septuagint manuscripts. The discovery of … more

Tanakh (1917) by Jewish Publication Society

…include a committee of translators from both sides of the Atlantic led by Max Margolis. The 1917 Tanakh takes into account the Septuagint, the Targums, the Peshitta, the Vulgate, and numerous other translation traditions. It offers a uniquely Jewish translation for the English-speaking … more

Priests, Prophets and Scribes

…Hebrew Scriptures, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint. He is one of the three General Editors of the Scrolls International Publication Project and Chief Editor of the Biblical Scrolls. John W. Wright (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame) is Professor of Theology and Christian Scripture … more

Second Temple Period Collection (19 vols.)

…an invaluable resource for all those interested in the Pseudepigrapha. Individual Titles The History of the Second Temple Period The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon How the Temple Thinks: Identity and Social Cohesion in Ancient Judaism Sirach 1 … more

Brill Josephus and the Bible Collection (4 vols.)

…information available nowhere else. For all these reasons, these studies provide an essential look at how Josephus' writings interface with Judaism, Christianity, and Scripture. With astute and valuable research that takes a close look at Josephus relationship to the Old Testament text, … more

An Introduction to the New Testament by David A. deSilva

…Maccabees (Septuagint Commentary Series); An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation; Introducing the Apocrypha: Context, Message and Significance; Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle "to the Hebrews;" Honor, Patronage, … more

Qumran Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls Database by Logos Bible Software

…of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. Prior to 1947, scholars who studied the transmission of the text of the Hebrew Bible had access to the Masoretic Text handed down by scribes in Judaism since the second century A.D., the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old … more