Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek (1900 Swete/Thackeray), book
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Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek (1900) is a book by Henry Barclay Swete.
Abstract
Introduction by Henry Barclay Swete; with an appendix containing the Letter of Aristeas edited by H. St. J. Thackeray.
Editions and translations
Published in Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1900. Reprinted several times in Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1902-2009; New York, NY: KTAV Publishing House, 1968; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1989; Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2003.
Table of contents
- Part I: The History of the Greek Old Testament and of Its Transmission
- 1. The Alexandrian Greek Version
- 2. Later Greek Versions
- 3. The Hexapia, and the Hexaplaric and other Recensions of the Septuagint
- 4. Ancient Versions based upon the Septuagint
- 5. Manuscripts of the Septuagint
- 6. Printed Texts of the Septuagint
- Part II: The Contents of the Alexandrian Old Testament
- 1. Titles, Grouping, Number, and Order of the Books
- 2. Books of the Hebrew Canon
- 3. Books not included in the Hebrew Canon
- 4. The Greek of the Septuagint
- 5. The Septuagint as a Version
- 6. Text divions: Stichi, Chapters, Lections, Catenae, etc.
- Part III: Literary Use, Value, and Textual Condition of the Greek Old Testament
- 1. Literary use of the Septuagint by non-Christian Hellenists
- 2. Quotations from the Septuagint in the New Testament
- 3. Quotations from the Septuagint in Early Christian Writings
- 4. The Greek Versions as aids to Biblical Study
- 5. Influence of the Septuagint on Christian Literature
- 6. Textual Conditions of the Septuagint, and problems arising out of it
- Appendix: The Letter of Pseudo-Aristeas
- Introduction
- Text
- Indices