The Septuagint in Context: Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible

The Septuagint, the first translation--or as Fernandez Marcos points out, a "collection of translations"--of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, figures prominently in both the history of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. The author introduces readers to the origin of the Septuagint in its earliest versions (Aquila, Theodotian, and Symmachus) and traces the fundamental issues associated with Septuagint studies.