The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint 2 Part Set

The ground-breaking and influential late Victorian edition of the Greek Old Testament by the Cambridge scholar H. B. Swete.

Henry Barclay Swete (Edited by)

9781108007245, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 22 April 2010

903 pages
32.5 x 25 x 6.8 cm, 1.4 kg

Volume 2 of The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint, edited by the Cambridge scholar Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917), was first published in 1891. It contains the books from 1 Chronicles to Tobit. Swete set an important precedent for later editors by using an actual manuscript text as the edition's base. He selected the fourth-century Codex Vaticanus, which is still widely considered to contain the earliest and most valuable form of Septuagint text; many later editors have followed suit. Where Vaticanus was defective the text was supplemented by Codex Sinaiticus or Codex Alexandrinus. The critical apparatus gives the readings of seven other important ancient manuscripts and fragments. The edition's convenient size and ease of use assured its place as one of the most widely used versions of the Septuagint, and it is still consulted today.

Part I: Preface
1. 1 Chronicles
2. 2 Chronicles
3. Esdras
4. Esdras–Nehemiah
5. Psalms
6. Proverbs
7. Ecclesiastes
8. Song of Solomon
Part II: 1. Job
2. Wisdom of Solomon
3. Ecclesiasticus
4. Esther
5. Judith
6. Tobit
Appendix
Addenda.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]