Septuaginta: A Reader's Edition (2 Volumes)

Septuaginta: A Reader’s Edition offers the complete text of the Greek Old Testament as it appears in the Rahlfs-Hanhart revised Septuaginta, laid out in a clear and readable format. All deuterocanonical books are included, as well as all double-texts, which are presented on facing pages for easy textual comparison. In order to facilitate natural and seamless reading of the text, every word occurring 100 times or fewer in the Rahlfs-Hanhart text (excluding proper names)—as well as every word that occurs more than 100 times in the Rahlfs-Hanhart text but fewer than 30 times in the Greek New Testament—is accompanied by a footnote that provides a contextual gloss for the word and (for verbs only) full parsing. Additionally, an appendix provides a complete alphabetized list of common vocabulary (namely, all the words that are not accompanied by a footnote), with glosses and (as applicable) comparison of a word’s usage in the Septuagint to its usage in the New Testament.

All of these combined features will make Septuaginta: A Reader’s Edition an indispensable resource for biblical scholars and an excellent tool for improving one’s comprehension of the Greek language.

In addition to the attractive and high-quality binding, each volume will include two ribbon markers.

3400 pages

"Lanier and Ross are to be congratulated and thanked for their huge efforts in producing this wonderful resource. Now the Septuagint—that incredibly important corpus for understanding the New Testament and Second Temple Judaism, and the Bible of the very first Christians—can be read easily and with profit by anyone who has a year of Greek under their belt. All students of Greek should be encouraged to read and study the Septuagint, and this is now the number one resource to help them to do so."

—Constantine R. Campbell, Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

"With the publication of Hendrickson's Reader's Edition of the Septuagint, there is now a hands-down, clear choice of a recommended printed text of the LXX for seminary students and pastors. Tolle. Lege."

—Robert L. Plummer, Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and founder and host of Daily Dose of Greek screencast

"While the Hebrew Bible remains our best point of entry into the Old Testament in its original historical setting, readers of the New Testament very much need to grow in their familiarity with the other Old Testament, the Septuagint—which for most early Christians outside of Israel was not the other, but the Old Testament! And there is no greater path to becoming familiar with the Septuagint than picking it up and reading it. I am so pleased that Drs. Lanier and Ross have prepared, and that Hendrickson has supported the publication of, this important resource that will so greatly facilitate that simple but essential act for all who have completed a basic course in Greek."

—David A. deSilva, Trustees' Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek, Ashland Theological Seminary