Back Cover Blurb1
- Septuaginta: A Reader’s Edition offers the complete text of the Greek Old Testament as it appears in the Rahlfs-Hanhart revised Septuaginta, laid out in a clear and readable format.
- All deuterocanonical books are included, as well as all double-texts, which are presented on facing pages for easy textual comparison.
- In order to facilitate natural and seamless reading of the text, every word occurring 100 times or fewer in the Rahlfs-Hanhart text (excluding proper names) ― as well as every word that occurs more than 100 times in the Rahlfs-Hanhart text but fewer than 30 times in the Greek New Testament ― is accompanied by a footnote that provides a contextual gloss for the word and (for verbs only) full parsing.
- Additionally, an appendix provides a complete alphabetized list of common vocabulary (namely, all the words that are not accompanied by a footnote), with glosses and (as applicable) comparison of a word’s usage in the Septuagint to its usage in the New Testament.
- All poetry is distinguished typographically from prose and divided into individual lines for ease of reading.
- All of these combined features will make Septuaginta: A Reader’s Edition an indispensable resource for biblical scholars and an excellent tool for improving one’s comprehension of the Greek language. In addition to the attractive and high-quality binding, each volume will include two ribbon markers.
In-Page Footnotes ("Lanier (Gregory R.) & Ros (William A.) - Septuaginta: A Reader's Edition - Volume 2")
Footnote 1:
- Actually taken from the Amazon Book Description, bulleted by me as per the blurb.
- Not exactly the same – there’s an extra bullet at the end on Amazon, and sundry stylistic differences.
- Also, the bullet on poetry was missing on Amazon.
Book Comment
Text Colour Conventions (see disclaimer)- Blue: Text by me; © Theo Todman, 2026
- Mauve: Text by correspondent(s) or other author(s); © the author(s)