As the eminent biblical scholar Ferdinand Hitzig is said to have remarked to his students, вЂGentlemen, have you a Septuagint? If not, sell all you have, and buy one.'вЂќ 1ДЎKaren H. вЂњAlthough few students will pursue Septuagint studies as a specialty at the graduate level, all students of the Bible, regardless of their religious identity, should understand the historical importance of the Septuagint and its significant contribution to the development of the Bible that we hold in our hands today. Furthermore, the varied translation techniques found throughout the Septuagint have raised questions concerning theories and methods of translation, which still haunt modern translators. It also provides a wealth of philological data for understanding Koine Greek. Its impact upon the New Testament cannot be overstated. Even today the Septuagint remains the canonical text for the Orthodox Christian tradition. The Interlinear Hebrew-Greek-English Bible, One-Volume Edition (9781565639775) by Jay P.

Because most of the church fathers could not read Hebrew, exegetical debates were settled using the Septuagint. The sources of the texts are documented in the preface, and are essentially the same (with some minor variations) to the Hebrew and Greek texts used by the KJV translators.This one-volume Interlinear Bible contains 4-point text. The Septuagint, not the Hebrew Bible, was the Old Testament for the writers of the New Testament as well as the church fathers. It also has held general prominence over any other version of the Old Testament for over 500 years. The history and stories behind the Septuagint are shrouded with intrigue and mystery. It was the worldвЂ™s first major work of translation. The Septuagint stands as one of the great historical wonders of the world. Translate the Greek Old Testament вЂ“ Septuagint (LXX) Online Texts

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