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==Abstract == | ==Abstract == | ||
This edition of the English Bible provided the first translation of the [[Septuagint]] in a modern language. Did not include the [[OT Apocrypha]]. | This edition of the English Bible provided the first translation of the [[Septuagint]] in a modern language. Did not include the [[OT Apocrypha]], being limited to the canonical texts of the [[Hebrew Bible]]. | ||
==Editions== | ==Editions== | ||
Revision as of 07:32, 19 October 2015
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Covenant, Commonly Called the Old and New Testament (1808) is a book by Charles Thompson.
Abstract
This edition of the English Bible provided the first translation of the Septuagint in a modern language. Did not include the OT Apocrypha, being limited to the canonical texts of the Hebrew Bible.
Editions
Published in Philadelphia, PA: Jane Aitken, <4 vols.> 1808. Thompson's translation of the Septuagint has been edited and reprinted by Samuel Frederick Pells in 1904 and Charles Musès in 1954:
- The Old Covenant, Commonly Called the Old Testament (1904 Thompson / Pells), book
- The Septuagint Bible (1954 Thompson / Musès), book
Table of contents
- 1-3. Old Covenant <according to the Septuagint>
- 4. New Covenant
External links
- [ Google Books]