An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek

by Henry Barclay Swete

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

, 1914

Overview

H.B. Swete, editor of the shorter Cambridge Septuagint has provided in this Introduction a vast amount of information about the Greek translation of the Old Testament (also known as the LXX). Chapters cover the different versions and their manuscripts in detail, survey the contents and organization of the books and discuss their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, and demonstrate the importance of the LXX in later writings, such as the New Testament, the Church Fathers and other Christian writings. There are also extended discussions about the language of the Septuagint.

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Contents

Top Highlights

“It was among the Jews who were brought into relation with Hellenic culture that the necessity arose for a written translation of the books of the canon. Egypt was the earliest home of the Hellenistic Jew, and it was on Egyptian soil that the earliest Greek version of the Old Testament was begun.” (Page 3)

“the Psalms² and more especially the Book of Isaiah shew obvious signs of incompetence.” (Pages 315–316)

“The first Ptolemy added considerably to the Jewish population of Alexandria. His expeditions to Palestine and capture of Jerusalem placed in his hands a large number of Jewish and Samaritan captives, and these were conveyed to Alexandria, where many of them acquired civic rights.” (Page 6)

“There is a considerable weight of evidence in favour of the belief that the Evangelists employed a recension of the lxx. which came nearer to the text of cod. A than to that of our oldest uncial B.” (Page 395)

“οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ τῶν ἑρμηνέων οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πολιτεύματος οἵ τε ἡγούμενοι τοῦ πλήθους” (Page 604)

Product Details

• Title: An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek
• Author: Henry Barclay Swete
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1914
• Pages: 639
• Resource Type: Introductions
• Topic: Language and Interpretation

About Henry Barclay Swete

Henry Barclay Swete (1835–1917) was an Anglican clergyman and noted biblical scholar who published works on the Old and New Testaments, as well as on Christian doctrine. He was ordained in 1838 and became a theological lecturer and tutor at Caius College in 1869. He then served as professor of pastoral theology at King’s College, London, and later became regius professor of divinity at Cambridge in 1890. He received an honorary doctorate of divinity from the University of Glasgow in 1901.