The Septuagint with Apocrypha in English: The Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton 1851 Translation Format:Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1414368153

ISBN-13: 978-1414368153

The original Greek text is vibrant alive and active and Wright’s translation retains that spirit by providing a new English text for the twenty-first-century reader

With added study helps this bilingual Bible is perfect for outreach personal use those who are learning a second language or translation comparison

Verse numbers section headings and translation footnotes are helpful navigational and interpretive tools but they are also relatively recent conventions

ISBN-10: 1418547042

The Septuagint with Apocrypha in English: The Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton 1851 Translation Format:Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1414368153The Septuagint (or LXX ) is the Greek version of the Old Testament. It is a translation of the Hebrew Old Testament and certain Apocryphal books which was written in the late 3rd century BC by the order of Ptolemy II Philadelphus the king of Ptolemaic Egypt (283 BC to 246 BC). Alexander the Great had spread Greek influence and language throughout the known world and the Jews of the area were losing their Jewish roots and tongue. This Greek translation