Biblical Hebrew Forum

[schmuel <schmuel AT nyc.rr.com>]

Hi Folks,

Roberto, try this for the specific info.

Chronological List of Early Papyri and MSS for 
LXX/OG Study (plus the same MSS in Canonical Order appended)
collected by Robert A. Kraft (University of Pennsylvania)
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rak//earlylxx/earlypaplist.html

Be cautious with any theories that the Greek OT 
was actually in full circulation before the 
Christian era.  Josephus writes quite plainly 
that he was considering translating the histories 
into Greek to make them available to his 
audience, which would not be necessary if the 
books were circulating.  Instead he wrote Antiquities.

Shalom,
Steven Avery
Queens, NY

> Roberto Emilo
> Hello Everybody, I wonder if you can help me 
> informing  me about the LXX manuscripts founded 
> that belong before Jesus time. I would like to 
> know how many manuscripts of the LXX we have 
> that are dated BC. For example, until now I know 
> there is Génesis and Deuteronomio in koinè, from 
> LXX, dated 1 a.E.C. from the Fuad coleccion (inv. 266). What else do you know??