Invitation to the Septuagint - Paperback

by Karen H. Jobes (Author), Moisés Silva (Author)

This comprehensive yet user-friendly primer to the Septuagint (LXX) acquaints readers with the Greek versions of the Old Testament. It is accessible to students, assuming no prior knowledge about the Septuagint, yet is also informative for seasoned scholars. The authors, both prominent Septuagint scholars, explore the history of the LXX, the various versions of it available, and its importance for biblical studies. This new edition has been substantially revised, expanded, and updated to reflect major advances in Septuagint studies. Appendixes offer helpful reference resources for further study.

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This comprehensive yet user-friendly primer acquaints readers with the Greek versions of the Old Testament. The second edition has been substantially revised, expanded, and updated to reflect major advances in Septuagint studies.

"Since the first edition of Jobes and Silva's groundbreaking introduction, research on and interest in the Septuagint has increased dramatically. This new edition has incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship in the same informed and accessible style as the first. Kudos to the authors for so lucidly guiding their readers through the most recent developments in Septuagint studies. This volume should be on the shelf of all who are interested in this corpus, whether they are general readers or specialists."
--Benjamin G. Wright, Lehigh University

"Invitation is the best entry-level introduction to the burgeoning and complex field of Septuagint studies, bar none. In this second edition, the authors have clarified misunderstandings, responded to criticisms, thoroughly revised and updated the work, and added helpful material for using the Göttingen editions. It is a must for every student and scholar of the Septuagint."
--Peter J. Gentry, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"Invitation to the Septuagint is a well-established standard work for students and specialists alike and one of the most valuable resources on Septuagint studies today. This second, expanded edition takes an already invaluable tool to its highest level as a comprehensive primer and a compendium of existing information. Marked by substantial revisions and valuable additions, it incorporates a large number of the most important developments since the first edition, making it not only an excellent tool for newcomers but also a prominent reference work for seasoned scholars."
--Gert J. Steyn, University of Pretoria

"This is a most welcome second edition of a valuable and well-established handbook to the LXX. . . . [It] represents the results of a remarkably careful and complete updating. The seamless integration of the substantial fresh or rewritten material and a great deal of new bibliography is masterly. . . . New and important sections illuminate a succession of complex and still contested issues, without taking sides. . . . All this undoubtedly puts Jobes and Silva's second edition at the forefront of high-quality introductions to the LXX."
--Tessa Rajak, Society for Old Testament Studies Book List

Author Biography

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.