Septuaginta, A Reader's Edition 

Dr. Peter Williams' presentation, "Why I Don't Believe in the Septuagint," may be viewed here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RmpnJ1cgh58.html&list=LL6UAzFU6GZgix5ojuRZqNrg . An excellent overview of the Septuagint, by Dr. J. F. Hultin: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--NhrQqDlw7c.html&list=LL6UAzFU6GZgix5ojuRZqNrg . My examination of quotations from the Old Testament in the New is still available at several sites on the internet, to include: www.areopage.net/PDF/LXXNotesFeb06.pdf .

If I were judging your age on your hands, I'd guess you were 30 years old. I can't tell by your voice, but I have to tell you that your voice is extremely soothing and i could listen to these videos for hours. They're especially helpful at bedtime. Not that the reviews put me to sleep, but they are very calming and relaxing

What a great set of books, thanks for the review.

Thanks for another great video, Dr. Jones. Your work here is admirable.

nice vid. its $109 on amazon as of now (Jan/2023) you got it for near half of that.

The set is available from CBD: www.christianbook.com/septuaginta-readers-edition-hardcover-blue-volumes/9781619708433/pd/708433?product_redirect=1&Ntt=708433&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP and soon Amazon will sell it, but their price is much higher: www.amazon.com/Septuaginta-Readers-Hardcover-n/dp/1619708434

Very interested in what Hendrickson has been coming out with recently. Thanks for the review sir, looking forward to mine!

You can still put the partial dust jacket in a full protective cover.

I just ordered the Rohlfs septuaginta. Hope the font size is readable. The reviewed edition of the septuaginta is so comfortable to the eyes. Great review and thanks for sharing it!

Great... Will be studying the LXX next semester... this is a great preparation... What readers edition of the Hebrew Bible (Masoretic Text) would you recommend? Thanks for your great videos

Would you recommend getting this two volume set over the single volume of Rahlfs’ Septuagint published by the German Bible Society?

Would you recommend the hardcover or the flexisoft version for books this size? I have the Greek Reader’s UBS in both, but it is considerably smaller.

I want to buy the New testament Septuagint English version. Please can you recommend any one?

Dear Grant, based mainly on your reviews and the reviews of others I have made two lists of bibles I would like to purchase. Would you be willing to have a look at them and let me know, which list in your opinion is more comprehensive and worth purchasing?

In a synagogue in the 1st century, one could only read the Hebrew scrolls or the Targum (a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic). Greek was forbidden. Recall that Antiochus Epiphanes desecrated the Solomon’s temple circa 170 BC. Thus, the need for Herod to build the 2nd temple. The Jews of the 1st century despised the Greeks, for that and other reasons. The only evidence for a BC Septuagint is the letter of Aristeas, which no one believers but everyone quotes. It is a fantastic tale (read fantasy). There is no reference to a Septuagint prior to 50 AD (+/-). If you trace all the reference to a BC Septuagint, you will find that each and every on them references the Letter of Aristeas in one form or another. So, the only witness to a BC Septuagint is the Letter of Aristeas (LOA). If one believes the LOA, one has to believe also that the 10 northern tribes of Israel were not dispersed to four winds after 721 BC. From this diaspora they never returned. Rather you have to believe that they were still in Israel in 285 BC, since the LOA claims that 6 scribes from each of the 12 tribes of Israel were assembled in Egypt by Ptolemy Philadelphus. Incidentally, a land to which the Jews were forbidden ever to return to. Deuteronomy 28:68. Incidentally, none of the ancient writers who refer to the LOA agree on which Ptolemy is referred to. Only the Levites were allowed to copy the scriptures (with the exception of the King who had to make a copy for himself). So, one has to add to that belief that 72 scribes (not Levites) defiled themselves among the Greeks and defied the scriptures and God’s wishes in order to copy the scriptures as well as going to a land to which they were forbidden ever to return. More so, add to that belief, that 72 scribes, each without a copy of the Hebrew scriptures, translated them from memory into Greek in 72 days and every single word was identical all the while being locked up in 72 chambers on the isle of Pharos without any collaboration between them. And by the way, why is it called LXX "The 70"? And may I say ”Incidentally” again? Incidentally, the Pharos light house was not built until 280 BC, 5 years after the blessed event. A minor point. To sum up, we are to believe that God inspired the work of 72 (not 70) disobedient, non-Levitical scribes who rendered 72 identical copies of the Hebrew scriptures from memory into Greek. Really? Incidentally (one more time), the LOA section 176 says that the whole scroll was written in gold. Really? Where is it? You’d think that someone would have a vested interest in preserving such a priceless document. Where is it? It doesn’t exist! Finally, If you were to get a copy of the Septuagint, you would find that it is nothing more than the Old Testament portions of the codex Alexandrinus, the codex Sinaiticus and the codex Vaticanus, along with the Apocrypha. Earlier English translations included the apocryphal books as part of the old testament. The KJB translators included the apocryphal books because it was part of their mandate, but they placed them in a separate section called the “Apocrypha” meaning “writings…not considered genuine”. And they headed each page with the title Apocrypha to dispel any doubt of their intention. If you believe that Jesus quoted from the Septuagint, you have to also believe that Jesus endorsed the Apocrypha. Including prayers for the dead! Including praying to angels! Including purgatory! The Septuagint? Really?

Does the book include the book of enoch, i heard enoch is not considered

Review that book septuar full version pléae

I was also wondering if you could propose a composition of the optimal reference Bible containing all minimally necessary texts and help tools. What would be your suggestion as to format, paper, cover, etc. I was also wondering if you would be interested in cooperation on bible reviews. We are planning to do KJV only Bible reviews for Central and Eastern Europe and perhaps you could do such reviews on our behalf and we would translate them into various languages (Polish, Russian, Czech, etc. ) This would be done from a different channel and we could talk about details via email. Reason for this is to show to people in this parts of world that there is an alternative to Catholic and evangelical bible texts.

Could you please review the Interlinear Hebre-Greek-English Bible since this might be a helpful study book for those who want to learn both biblical Hebrew and Greek. PS. I appreciate a lot the fact that you review books which you buy on your own. This gives you full independence in commenting on them and it makes your reviews truthful in contrast to reviews done by those who obtain bibles for free and keep them for themselves. This I find immoral especially that for overwhelming number of people buying a Bible a good is a major expense for which they have to work a lot. I also think that after 2000 years of Christianity and Western civilisation claiming to be built on Christian values, it is strange that people still must purchase the Word of God which has become profit making business to so many...

Brother, You have to check out my latest video. I have a 1567 Beza Gk/Lat New Testament.

do not whisper. Like your review

There is a handy, economical, single volume all-Greek Bible (although it includes English along with Greek on the title page) which may not be oriented to scholars, but which could be helpful for everyday use for Greek-reading laity as well as others. Could you consider reviewing it? The English parallel title is: "The BIble: the Septuagint Old Testament (LXX) and the Patriarchal 1904 New Testament".The ISBN (as it displays on the back paperback cover) is 978-1494779719. The print would be far too small for many readers, but it probably would be worth using despite that, if only for sheer convenience.