Septuagint with Apocrypha by Lancelot C. BrentonCall Number: BS 742 .B74 1986
ISBN: 9780913573440
Publication Date: 1986-04-01
This edition of the Septuagint, including Apocrypha, gives the complete Greek text and a parallel English translation byLancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1807-1862), first published in 1851. The Septuagint (from the Latin septuaginta, meaning "seventy," and frequently referred to by the roman numerals LXX) is the Greek translation of the Old Testament. The name derives from the tradition that it was made by seventy (or seventy-two) Jewish scholars at Alexandria, Egypt during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-247 B.C.). It has been preserved in a large number of manuscript copies of the original. The Greek text in this edition is based on Vaticanus, an early 4th century manuscript, with some reliance on other texts, including Alexandrinus, a 5th century manuscript. This is not a standard critical edition.