{"product_id":"translation-of-the-seventy-history-reception-and-contemporary-use-of-the-septuagint-9781684261710","title":"Translation of the Seventy: History, Reception, and Contemporary Use of the Septuagint","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the story goes, a few centuries before the birth of Jesus, seventy Jewish sages produced a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures at the request of an Egyptian king. While some Jews believed this translation was itself inspired Scripture, even more significantly, the authors of what would later be called the New Testament relied on this translation as they quoted Scripture. Then in the centuries that followed, many Christians argued that God had provided the Septuagint as the church's Old Testament. But what about all the differences between the Septuagint and the Hebrew Bible? And what about the extra books of the Septuagint-the so-called Apocrypha or deuterocanonical literature?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with students in mind, \u003cem\u003eTranslation of the Seventy\u003c\/em\u003e explores each of these issues, with a particular focus on the role of the Septuagint in early Christianity. This fresh analysis of the New Testament's use of the Septuagint and the complex reception of this translation in the first four centuries of Christian history will lead scholars, students, and general readers to a renewed appreciation for this first biblical translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmon L. Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is a professor of Christian Scripture at Heritage Christian University in Florence, Alabama. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBiblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e with John D. Meade. He is a member of several academic societies, including the Society for New Testament Studies and the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. He and his wife, Jodi, have six children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abilene Christian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533783240978,"sku":"9781684261710","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f1e54c27-0b67-42e1-8e3c-c7bc7f08ec0a.jpg?v=1731411388","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/translation-of-the-seventy-history-reception-and-contemporary-use-of-the-septuagint-9781684261710","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}