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  • From: Garrett B Trott <gtrott AT juno.com>
  • To: kdlitwak AT concentric.net
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: LXX English translation
  • Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 19:35:51 -0700




On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 20:23:27 -0700 kdlitwak <kdlitwak AT concentric.net>
writes:
> I know it's not Hebrew but what's the most literal rendering of
>the
>LXX in English? I'm looking for sort of an NASB for the LXX. I need
>to
>do some research for my dissertation and trying to do it all in Greek
>would take just too long for what I'm after. I'll go to the Greek
>once
>I've got something specific. Thanks.
>
>>Ken Litwak

With the LXX in English, you really do not have much of a choice other
than Brenton's LXX (The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English; by
Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton; Hendrickson Publishers). I believe there are
some scholars who are currently working on a more "modern" translation of
the LXX, but as to when it will be available, it might be a while. There
is another one I believe by Young (??), but it is not quite as easily
accesible as Brenton's. It is a translation, not a transliteration - so
as far a literal goes, Brenton is not literal, but it is about all that
is out there. Hope that helps.

- Garrett B. Trott

FYI - you can get it through CBD for a pretty good price too.




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