Fragments of the Books of Kings According to the Translation of Aquila

An 1897 edition by F. Crawford Burkitt of parts of the text of Aquila's Greek version of the Old Testament.

F. Crawford Burkitt (Author)

9781107604926, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 February 2012

58 pages
28 x 21 x 0.3 cm, 0.15 kg

Originally published in 1897, this book contains an edition by F. Crawford Burkitt of parts of the text of Aquila's Greek version of the Old Testament discovered in leaves of a manuscript from the Cairo Geniza. In addition to the edited text of the fragments, the volume includes a preface by C. Taylor, a comparison of Aquila's translation to the Hebrew version and to the Septuagint, notes on selected passages, and facsimiles of the manuscript leaves.

Preface
Text of the fragments
Description of the fragments
The relation of Aquila's version to the Hebrew
Aquila and the Septuagint
Notes on the Hexaplar text of 3 Kings xiv 1–20.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]