Translating Scripture from Greek

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Corey J. Mahler


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In this final episode of the Septuagint (LXX) series, we discuss what needs to be done to produce a proper translation of the LXX in English. This a technical episode, but a vital one. There should exist in every language spoken by a Christian nation a definitive version of the Scriptures in that language, and in this episode we provide the structure and the mechanics by which that can be achieved.
This will be a years-long project, and it will have to be undertaken by other men. Until then, we have provided links to a number of existing English translations in the show notes, infra. Any existing version of the LXX in English is certainly better than all of the extant copies based on the rabbinic text.



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Show Notes

English Septuagint Translations:

Brenton

Hardcover [English and Greek]
PDF


Lexham (2nd)

Hardcover
Logos


NETS

Hardcover
PDFs


Thomson, Charles

Archive.org PDF [free]
Logos [not free]


The Ancient Christian Study Bible (coming 2027)





See Also

The Göttingen Septuagint



Further Reading

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
The Canterbury Tales in Middle English and Modern English



Parental Warnings
None.


Transcript

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