Septuagint

• LIST OF SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see Category:Septuagint (subject)

The Septuagint is the ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, with additions and modifications.

• Hebrew Bible + Book of Tobit / Book of Judith / Esther Additions / Wisdom of Solomon / Book of Sirach / 1 Baruch / Letter of Jeremiah / Daniel Additions (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children; Story of Susanna; Bel and the Dragon) / 1 Maccabees / 2 Maccabees / 3 Maccabees / 1 Esdras / Psalm 151 / 4 Maccabees

Overview

The editio princeps of the Septuagint was printed in the Complutensian Polyglot (Madrid 1514-17, but distributed only in 1520). The Aldine edition, produced independently in Venice [Italy], followed but was actually the first to appear in 1518.

Related links

• Letter of Aristeas

Select Bibliography (articles)

• Septuagint Version / Achille Vander Heeren / In Catholic Encyclopedia (1912)

• / [[]] / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary,

• Septuagint / Leonard J. Greenspoon / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 1217-1220

• Septuagint / In Wikipedia (2001-), dictionary

External links

• Wikipedia -- Livius.org