"Twenty-five years after it first appeared, Jellicoe's classic work is still one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Septuagint and cognate studies. Its completeness makes it valuable not only as a textbook, but also as a reference tool for those working in the Septuagint.In bringing together the principal features of twentieth-century Septuagint studies, the author provides a wealth of valuable information. The first part of the book traces the origins and transmission history of the LXX. The second part moves to a discussion of the various LXX manuscripts, versions, and critical editions, along with a brief discussion of language and style. The appendixes, bibliography, and various indexes increase the resource value of this volume."
ABBREVIATIONSI. INTRODUCTION. MODERN STUDY—ITS ANTECEDENTS, BEGINNINGS, AND DEVELOPMENTAntecedentsThe Edition of Holmes and ParsonsTischendorf’s EditionsThe Modern EraBeginnings in Germany and BritainPaul Anton de Lagarde; Field, Swete, Hatch and RedpathDevelopmentsThe Gottingen Septuagint: Rahlfs and his CollaboratorsThe Successors of RahlfsThe Larger Cambridge SeptuagintThe Cambridge and Gottingen Editions comparedPART ONEORIGINS AND TRANSMISSION-HISTORYII. SEPTUAGINT ORIGINS: THE LETTER OF ARISTEASLiterary genreEditionsTranslationsContentsTransmission-HistoryDate and PurposeHistorical ValueIII. MODERN THEORIES OF ORIGINThe Septuagint a Greek Targum (Paul Kahle)A Palestinian Provenance (Moses Gaster)The Liturgical Approach (H. St. John Thackeray)The Transcription Theory (O.G. Tychsen, F.X. Wutz)IV. EARLY REVISIONSThe BackgroundAquilaTheodotionSymmachusV. ORIGEN AND THE HEXAPLAThe Compiler: his Objectives and CompetenceThe Purpose of the Second ColumnOrigen’s Reconstituted Text: its achievements and limitationsThe Problem of the TetraplaQuinta, Sexta, and SeptimaThe Syro-HexaplarHexaplaric Remains, EditionsVI. THE TRIFARIA VARIETASThe Palestinian Recension of OrigenThe Hesychian RecensionLucian and his RecensionPART TWOTEXT AND LANGUAGEVII. MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SEPTUAGINTUncialsCursivesPapyri (including Fragments)VIII. THE VERSIONSIntroductory1. The Samaritan Pentateuch2. The Syriac Version3. The Old Latin4. The Vulgate5. The Coptic Versions6. The Gothic Version7. The Armenian Version8. The Georgian Version9. The Slavonic Version10. The Ethiopic Version11. The Arabic VersionsIX. THE BOOKS OF THE SEPTUAGINT. MODERN EDITIONS AND TEXT-CRITICAL STUDIESA. Books edited in the Larger Cambridge Edition1. The Pentateuch2. The Historical BooksB. Books Edited in the Gottingen Edition1. Psalms and Odes2. The Prophets3. The Books of Maccabees4. Wisdom LiteratureX. LANGUAGE AND STYLETranslation-techniqueThe Hebrew Text and the SeptuagintThe LXX as emendational instrument‘Haggadi’ alterationsRubrical directions‘Arabisms’ and other cognate Semitic rootsDeficiencies of LXX vis-a-vis M.T.Grammar and LexicographyXI. THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SEPTUAGINT STUDIESProgress in the Current CenturyCurrent Problems and Future Prospects1. Vorlage2. The Recensions3. Patristica, Rabbinica, and the Septuagint4. The Early Printed Editions5. The Autonomy of the Septuagint6. The New Testament and the SeptuagintSome Final ConsiderationsAPPENDIX I. Sigla employed in the Larger Cambridge EditionAPPENDIX II. Manuscripts collated in the Gottingen and Larger Cambridge Editions: Cursives, Papyri, FragmentsBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXES