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Reviews REVIEWS Sidney Jellicoe, The Septuagint and Modern Study. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968. Pp. XIX, 424. 65 Sh. This critical survey of scholarship on the Septuagint follows the model of the handbooks by Swete (2nd edition, 1914) and Ottley (1920) but stresses particularly the contribution of the past half century. After in- troductory chapters on the history of editions of the Septuagint from Holmes and Parsons through the Cambridge and Gbttingen editions, the book is divided into two parts. The first is on the origin and transmission of the Septuagint according to the Letter of Aristeas as well as according to other writings, the revisions of the LXX by Aquila, Theodotion, and Symmachus, the work of Origen's Hexapla, and the Tiifaria Varietas according to Jerome. The second part discusses the text and language of the LXX, including a list of all MSS. and versions and a critical review of the state of LXX studies, arranged according to Biblical books, with particular emphasis on the books that have appeared in the large Cam- bridge and G6ttingen editions. Finally Jellicoe, who is the editor of an extremely valuable newsletter of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, presents a survey http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 1971 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0042-6032
eISSN
1570-0720
DOI
10.1163/157007271X00091
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REVIEWS Sidney Jellicoe, The Septuagint and Modern Study. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968. Pp. XIX, 424. 65 Sh. This critical survey of scholarship on the Septuagint follows the model of the handbooks by Swete (2nd edition, 1914) and Ottley (1920) but stresses particularly the contribution of the past half century. After in- troductory chapters on the history of editions of the Septuagint from Holmes and Parsons through the Cambridge and Gbttingen editions, the book is divided into two parts. The first is on the origin and transmission of the Septuagint according to the Letter of Aristeas as well as according to other writings, the revisions of the LXX by Aquila, Theodotion, and Symmachus, the work of Origen's Hexapla, and the Tiifaria Varietas according to Jerome. The second part discusses the text and language of the LXX, including a list of all MSS. and versions and a critical review of the state of LXX studies, arranged according to Biblical books, with particular emphasis on the books that have appeared in the large Cam- bridge and G6ttingen editions. Finally Jellicoe, who is the editor of an extremely valuable newsletter of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, presents a survey

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Vigiliae ChristianaeBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1971

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