Introductions to the
Septuagint (LXX)
Online Resources
The Septuagint Online (A superb starting point for LXX
studies)
Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek by Henry Barclay Swete (2nd edition.
Grammar
of Septuagint Greek: With Selected Readings, Vocabularies, and Updated Indexes
by F. C. Conybeare Complete text (Find the
page for the section you want to read and then enter that page number in the
address immediately after “greekgrammar&page=” and
before “&view=png”)
The Old
Testament in Greek edited by A. E. Brooke, N. McLean, and H. St-J. Thackeray. (London : Cambridge University Press, 1906-). Complete
text (LXX text with critical apparatus for Genesis-Ruth; username: any;
password: any)
Vol. 1.
Genesis - 4 Kingdoms (pages 1-830) Vol.
2. 1 Chronicles – Tobit (pages 1-880) Vol. 3.
Hosea
– 4 Maccabees (pages 1-904)
To navigate through these volumes I
recommend estimating the appropriate page number and placing it in the address
in the place indicated: http://www.ccel.org/php/disp.php?authorID=swete&bookID=lxx1&page=[page
number here]&view=png)
Initial Bibliography
Invitation
to the Septuagint by Karen H. Jobes & Moises
Silva
The
Septuagint in Context: Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible by Natalio
Fernandez Marcos, Wilfred G.E. Watson
The
Septuagint As Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory And
The Problem Of Its Canon by Martin Hengel
The
Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research by R. Timothy McLay