Invitation to the Septuagint

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Introduction: Why study the Septuagint? -- Pt. 1: The history of the Septuagint -- The origin of the Septuagint and other Greek versions -- The transmission of the Septuagint -- The Septuagint in modern times -- The Septuagint as a translation -- Pt. 2: The Septuagint in biblical studies -- The language of the Septuagint -- Establishing the text of the Septuagint -- Using the Septuagint for the textual criticism of the Hebrew bible -- The Judean Desert discoveries and Septuagint studies -- Septuagint and New Testament -- Interpreting the Septuagint -- Pt. 3: The current state of Septuagint studies -- Our predecessors: Septuagint scholars of a previous generation -- Current studies in linguistic research -- Reconstructing the history of the text -- Theological development in the Hellenistic age.