THE SEPTUAGINT (285 – 247 B.C.)
Nature: An interpretive text, does not always agree with the extant Hebrews texts
Origin: From mss earlier than the Masoritics MSS
Usage: 80 % of time by New Testament writers
Contents: The Apocryphal books, e.g., 1st – 3rd Maccabees, Judith, Tobit, Bel and the Dragon, Ecclesiasticus
Origin: From mss earlier than the Masoritics MSS
Usage: 80 % of time by New Testament writers
Contents: The Apocryphal books, e.g., 1st – 3rd Maccabees, Judith, Tobit, Bel and the Dragon, Ecclesiasticus
Arrangement of Books in the Septuagint
Prophecy The Twelve: Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi
Isaiah...Jeremiah...Baruch...Lamentations...Epistle of Jeremy
Ezekiel...Susanna...Daniel...Bel and the Dragon
Isaiah...Jeremiah...Baruch...Lamentations...Epistle of Jeremy
Ezekiel...Susanna...Daniel...Bel and the Dragon
Multiple Sources: Difference Between The LXX and The Masoretic Text
1st Samuel 17 – 18: Story of David and Goliath- two versions from different sources:
Not included in the LXX [or addition to Masoretic] 17:12 – 31, 41, 50, 55 – 58, 18:1 – 6; 9 – 11; 17:19; 30 – 19:1
Addition to 1st Samuel 17:43: And the Philistine said to David, am I a dog that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? And David answered, Nay but worse than a Dog.
Not included in the LXX [or addition to Masoretic] 17:12 – 31, 41, 50, 55 – 58, 18:1 – 6; 9 – 11; 17:19; 30 – 19:1
Addition to 1st Samuel 17:43: And the Philistine said to David, am I a dog that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? And David answered, Nay but worse than a Dog.