Invitation to the Septuagint

Karen H. Jobes (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis, Emerita, at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Moisés Silva (PhD, University of Manchester) has taught biblical studies at Westmont College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He lives in Litchfield, Michigan.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionMapTime LineIntroduction: Why Study the Septuagint?Part 1: The History of the Septuagint1. The Origin of the Septuagint and Other Greek Versions2. The Transmission of the Septuagint3. The Septuagint in Modern Times4. The Septuagint as a TranslationPart 2: The Septuagint in Biblical Studies5. The Language of the Septuagint6. Establishing the Text of the Septuagint7. Using the Septuagint for the Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible8. The Judean Desert Discoveries and Septuagint Studies9. The Septuagint and the New Testament10. Interpreting the SeptuagintPart 3: The Current State of Septuagint Studies11. Our Predecessors: Septuagint Scholars of a Previous Generation12. Current Studies in Language and Translation13. Reconstructing the History of the Text14. Theological Development in the Hellenistic AgeAppendixesA. Major Organizations and Research ProjectsB. Reference WorksC. GlossaryD. Differences in Versification between English Versions and the SeptuagintE. Symbols and Abbreviations of the Göttingen Critical ApparatusIndexes